Application of super capacitor energy storage in microgrid system

Author

Soori, Prashant Kumar ; Shetty, Subhas Chandra ; Chacko, Sibi

Author_Institution

Heriot-Watt Univ., Dubai, United Arab Emirates

fYear

2011

fDate

19-22 Feb. 2011

Firstpage

581

Lastpage

584

Abstract

With the advancement in distributed generation systems, Power Electronics and power semiconductor technologies, the microgrid system is considered as a promising solution to meet the growing energy demand. Super capacitor based energy storage system becomes one of the best choices for microgrid because of its high storage capacity, wide working temperature range, cost effectiveness and environmental advantages. The application of super capacitor energy storage system connected to microgrid is proposed in this paper. The proposal explored here is to address energy and carbon emission concerned global issues. The design and development of a dynamic support system for specific microgrid applications are discussed. The hardware and software design and development of a 7.8kW, singlephase converter connected to a 125V, 100Wh super capacitor bank is presented in the paper.

Keywords

air pollution control; distributed power generation; power convertors; supercapacitors; carbon emission; distributed generation systems; dynamic support system; microgrid system; power 7.8 kW; power electronics; semiconductor technology; singlephase converter; supercapacitor bank; supercapacitor energy storage; voltage 125 V; Capacitors; Control systems; Converters; Energy storage; Hardware; Photovoltaic systems; Voltage control; Combined Heat Pump (CHP); Distributed Generation (DG); Microturbine Distributed Generation (MTD); Microturbine Generator (MTG); Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dubai

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-118-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752605

Filename

5752605