Using energy storage for energy management and load compensation in LV microgrids

Author

Wasiak, I. ; Pawelek, R. ; Mienski, R. ; Gburczyk, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electr. Power Eng., Tech. Univ. of Lodz (Poland), Lodz, Poland

fYear

2012

fDate

17-20 June 2012

Firstpage

904

Lastpage

908

Abstract

In the paper the application of energy storage for both energy management and ancillary services is investigated. A control algorithm is presented enabling storage unit to control active power and compensate current harmonics, unbalance and reactive power introduced to the network by disturbing loads. Thus, the storage unit participates in energy management according to the defined strategy and additionally contributes to power quality improvement. Effectiveness of compensation is examined by means of the simulation model of low voltage (LV) test microgrid. The results of real tests performed in the test microgrid in the laboratory of Distributed Generation of the Technical University of Lodz are also presented.

Keywords

compensation; distributed power generation; energy management systems; energy storage; power generation control; power supply quality; reactive power control; LV test microgrids; Technical University of Lodz; active power control; ancillary services; current harmonic compensation; distributed generation; energy management system; energy storage; load compensation; low voltage test microgrid; power quality; reactive power control algorithm; EMTDC; Europe; Heat engines; PSCAD; Time measurement; Ancillary services; Energy storage; Microgrid control; Microgrids; Power quality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), 2012 IEEE 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

ISSN

1540-6008

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1944-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHQP.2012.6381191

Filename

6381191