Storage unit and load management in photovoltaic inverters for residential application

Author

Femia, Nicola ; Toledo, D. ; Zamboni, Walter

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ing. dell´Inf., Ing. Elettr. e Mat. Appl. (DIEM), Univ. degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

10-13 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

6800

Lastpage

6805

Abstract

The European policies are encouraging self-consumption and energetic autarchy of the distributed generation system. This is calling for the development of a next-generation of photovoltaic (PV) inverters for residential applications, equipped with battery storage unit and load management embedded tools. This paper presents the results of a system-level analysis realized by means of a model and a dedicated algorithm, aimed at investigating the efficacy of high-level battery energetic management rules and load allocation strategies. In particular, the behavior of a residential PV inverter equipped with a battery system and load manager is analyzed in the framework of incentive policies peculiar of European countries. The effects of constraints on the load management and of battery sizing are also highlighted.

Keywords

battery management systems; battery storage plants; distributed power generation; government policies; invertors; load management; photovoltaic power systems; European policy; battery sizing; battery storage unit; battery system; distributed generation system; energetic autarchy; high-level battery energetic management rules; incentive policy framework; load allocation strategy; load management embedded tools; photovoltaic inverters; residential PV inverter; system-level analysis; Batteries; Discharges (electric); Economics; Inverters; Load modeling; Resource management; System-on-chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vienna

ISSN

1553-572X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2013.6700258

Filename

6700258