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(a)
DC Link PCC
250kW/750kWh
DC-DC Boost
3-Phase Full Fig. 3 Charge cycle boost converter control schematic.
Lithium Wave
Polymer Battery Converter
Rectifier
0.48/12.475kV
Wye-Wye III. PROPOSED METHODOLOGY AND DESIGN
Transformer TOPOLOGY
(b) The simulation test bed consists of the BESS model
connected in conjunction with a 1MW PV station model. The
Fig. 1 Topology of the battery energy storage system (BESS). (a) Topology PV station is controlled to operate at unity power factor i.e. the
for discharge cycle. (b) Topology for charge cycle.
reactive power output (ܳ ሻ is zero (standard for most of the
PV installations). The battery capacity is assumed to be
When the SMS is operated in the charge mode (Fig. 1(b)),
0.25MW and the inverter capacity 0.9 MVAR (capacitive or
the inverter switches are turned off and grid voltage is
inductive). It is assumed that the studied SMS topology allows
rectified by the free-wheeling diodes. In this case the buck
reactive power control during discharge mode only, since the
converter is operated and controlled as a boost in the opposite
inverter is converted to an uncontrolled 3-phase full bridge
direction. The voltage at the dc link is boosted to charge the
rectifier during battery charge mode (typical to existing SMS
battery at the desired rate.
topologies). Fig. 4 shows the regions of ESS controllability.
Conventional energy systems use most of inverter capacity for
active power dispatch as represented by area (A3) where
reactive power output is dictated by a minimal power factor of
0.8. The studied control scheme relies on using an inverter
r
Q1 with a relatively high capacity compared to that of the battery.
This capacity difference is used for reactive power dispatch to
allow voltage support capability.
Q2 For the proposed design, BESS active power output varies
ௗ
between the maximum discharge power ܲாௌௌ ൌ ʹͷͲܹ݇ and
Fig.2 SMS Electro Magnetic Transient Program (EMTP) simulation model maximum charge powerܲாௌௌ ൌ െʹͷͲܹ݇. Area A1 in Fig. 4
shows the point of common coupling (PCC) controllable
A. Discharge Cycle output region for zero active power output from the PV station
The operation is modeled using EMTP software. During installed at the same bus. As the PV station output increases,
battery discharge cycle, switch (Q1) shown in Fig. 2 is the controllable region is shifted to the right till it becomes A2
controlled to hold the DC link voltage to a set value. Switch at maximum (PV) output. So, areas (A1) & (A2) represent the
(Q2) remains open during discharge cycle to insure buck controllable regions for minimum and maximum PV station
operation only. Inverter switches are controlled by pulse width output, respectively. A4 shows the control regions used during
modulation (PWM). Modulation index is set according to the PV capacity firming (PVCF) application. A1 & A2 show the
reactive power required to be supplied or consumed from the control regions for voltage support applications. Since peak
feeder (QESSr). The phase of the PWM reference signal loads mostly occur after sunset, considerable voltage drops
controls the active power output and is set by the reference occur on feeders at that time which forces voltage regulators
active power signal (PESSr). to boost voltages on sagging sides. In such a scenario ESS will
have completed its first application of PVCF and can supply
B. Charge cycle reactive power for voltage support after.
During charge cycle, the former buck converter operates as Fig. 5 shows the proposed control schematic. Coordination
a boost with input voltage as the DC link voltage and output between storage applications currently being studied is
voltage (Vc) being the charging voltage for the battery. Switch maintained by the time of day (ToD) since priority is given to
PVCF during the day time while priority is given to voltage A. PV Capacity Firming
support during the evening and night time. Fig. 6 shows The BESS control algorithm for PVCF aims to minimize
overall flowchart. The time of PVCF start (TPVst) in Fig. 6 is PV station power swings. The described PVCF algorithm
defined in the described algorithm as the time when PV station focuses on large power swings occurring at noon when PV
output becomes greater than (3%) of its rated value. output is at its peak. These swings are the most crucial to
Maximum ESS minimize transients at substation generation units.
Q-Axis
2nd Quadrant Inverter Apparent 1st Quadrant
P-Sink Power Capacity P-Source i. Smoothing Reference Calculation
Q-Source Q ESS
dmCap
Q-Source
The PVCF algorithm develops the characteristic maximum PV
curve for the PV station location at that time of year. For a
PESSdm+jQ dmCap
SEdmSSaxC
ESS
axC
PESSdm+jQ dmCap
A1 daily output power of PV stationܲ ሺݐሻ where k signifies the
SEdmSSaxC
dm p
Ca
ESS
S PCC dm
S
A2
+jQ
ES
ma
x
+P
dm
ES
S A3 day; ݇ ൌ ͳǡʹǡ͵ǡͶǡ ǥ ǥ Ǥ ݊, the characteristic maximum PV
P PV A4 curve is given by:
PESS
cm
QPV=0
(SCMPC) is defined as:-
PP max S dm
V+ ax ௱ ሺ௧ሻ
PE dm PCC I ۓ ܲ ሺݐሻ݂ܮݎ ൏ ൏ ܷ
S ESS
SS -
S ESS dmInd |
PESS-j
j|Q dm ௱௧
dmax
dm
dmax
ۖ ௱ ሺ௧ሻ
PESS-j
(2)
I
I nd
I
ES
| ܲௌெ ሺݐሻ ൌ ܷ ߂ ݐ ܲ ሺ ݐെ ߂ݐሻ݂ ݎ ܷ
dm
|Q ESS
۔ ௱௧
|Q ESS |
th
rd
3 Quadrant 4 Quadrant ۖ ݐ߂ ܮ ܲ ሺ ݐെ ߂ݐሻ݂ ݎ௱ሺ௧ሻ ൏ ܮ
dmIn
ە
d
P-Sink QdmInd
P-Source ௱௧
ESS
Q-Sink Q-Sink
ܲைோ ሺݐሻ ൌ ݉ ൈ ܲௌெ ሺݐሻ (3)
Fig.4 ESS active and reactive power supplying capabilities.
VPCC ,δ PCC Voltage Support Where ߂ ݐis the sampling time of PV power output
measurement in our case it is 30 sec. The PV optimum power
Low Pass- Reactive Power QVS
Filter Calculation
Zero
PV Station
Substation
multiplication factor (m) is chosen such that maximum firming
(1MW-1.25MVA)
QESSr
Test Feeder
is attained for the described PV station from the used ESS.
SMS
PESSr (1MVA)
PPV
ii. Intermittency Detection
+ PC Zero
SoC
Rate -
Logic
times when PV output power is smooth and does not require
Limiter
any conditioning. The intermittency detection algorithm relies
+
Intermittency Detection
240 kW
650 kW
Fig. 11 Voltage profile at PVV with and without ESS voltage support
application.
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V. CONCLUSION Olivier Tremblay1, Louis-A. Dessaint Electrical Engineering
Department, E´cole de TechnologieSupe´rieure “Experimental
The firming and voltage support algorithms were found to Validation of a Battery Dynamic Model for EV Applications”
be effective for their respective purposes. PVCF using a BESS
was found to be effective in smoothing power swings of
double the capacity of the battery used. Voltage support
application was successful at tightening the voltage band at
various buses on the tested circuit.