On the use of ultracapacitor to support microgrid photovoltaic power system

Author

Manfredi, S. ; Pagano, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Naples, Naples, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

14-16 June 2011

Firstpage

491

Lastpage

497

Abstract

The paper proposes the use of ultracapacitor storage device in order to support the mismatch between the available PV source power and microgrid load requirement. A realistic simulation scheme was implemented to evaluate the hybrid power system behaviour under varying microgrid load requirements. The operating performance were observed in steady state and transient conditions. The action of the ultracapacitor was pointed out, while the PV source operated at the maximum power point. Some discussions about the behaviour of the components and system operating characteristics were reported.

Keywords

distributed power generation; hybrid power systems; maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic power systems; supercapacitors; PV source power; hybrid power system; maximum power point; microgrid load requirement; microgrid photovoltaic power system; steady state; transient conditions; ultracapacitor storage device; Generators; Hybrid power systems; Integrated circuit modeling; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic systems; Supercapacitors; microgrid; photovoltaic electrical source; photovoltaic power system; ultracapacitor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ischia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8929-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8928-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCEP.2011.6036297

Filename

6036297