This paper presents an optimal energy management for PV/battery standalone system. The system comprises photovoltaic array, battery, inverter and AC loads. PV array is an uncontrollable source due to the variations in irradiations and temperature. To deliver the highest point to the load a maximum power point tracking technique is used. In synchronization with battery bank the system becomes controllable. Modes of operation of the system are defined by the battery bank. Modes of operation are based on the difference between supply and load demand. This paper project proposes an optimal energy management strategy to improve the performance of the PV system. The anticipated system performance is evaluated for varying loads in MATLAB/simulink.
Keyword:Battery Energy management MPPT PV system Transformer buck conveter
Copyright © 2016 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science.All rights reserved.Corresponding Author:T. Vijay Muni, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, K L University, Vaddeswaram, Guntur Dt, Andhra Pradesh-522502, India. Email: vijaymuni@kluniversity.in
INTRODUCTIONDue to critical situation of fossil fuel declining and the global warming effect, alternative energies became popular. In nature many renewable energy resources are available like solar, wind, tidal and hydel. But solar energy is the most popular source among the alternative energy resource with out emission of pollutants energy conversion is done. Demand for solar energy is increased from 20% to 25% over the past 15 years. Other advantages of solar energy are like eco-friendly, abundant availability in nature. Power Electronics palys a major role in this energy management system [1-2]. A power Electronics converter converts the DC power from the PV source into AC power which is used to supply the local loads or to grid [3][4][5].Generally a PV cell has low energy conversion efficiency. Its voltage is about 0.5-0.8V, to track the maximum power from photovoltaic maximum power point tracing is essential. Since the PV energy source is discontinuous in nature, to supply power to the load continuously battery is added. Energy can be stored in the battery or it can supply thelocal load or grid [6][7]. It will define depending upon the different modes of operation. Energy balance between the supply energy and load determines the modes of operation. Bidirectional converter offers the advantages of reducing the no. of batteries used and also ensures the power flow even if one of the cells fails [8].Energy Management system for controlling a Microgrid is presented in [9]. This paper presents management of power flow for minimizing the cost of electricity and reduction loss of energy produced by renewable energy sources.Lagorse et al., [10] proposed an Energy Management System to control the energy flow in the microgrid which is composed by PV system, Fuel Cell, supercapacitor and load.