Operational Analysis of Institutional Energy System for Developing a Micro-grid

Abstract

In most of the institutional buildings solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are used for fulfilling the local energy requirement. In this work, a typical institution with solar PV and battery energy storage is selected for analyzing the system’s operation to fulfil the institutional energy demand. To operate this energy system as a micro-grid, distributed generator is selected for fulfilling the institutional load demand in coordination with PV, battery and during the grid outage time. The operation of distributed generator has improved the system performance and coordinated the contribution among local energy resources e.g. PV energy and battery throughput. In this work, relative analysis of the intuitional energy system with and without distributed generator has been analyzed for annual load profile. It has been observed; the distributed generator is not only useful for supplying the energy to the essential load but also during the grid outage conditions. The analysis shows that if, the grid outage continues for longer period then distributed generator can provide the power to the institutional load and operate as a micro-grid. It has been observed, the battery energy throughput as well as effective utilization of local energy resources can be improved by installing distributed generator. The presented analysis is going to be useful for operating the institutional energy system as a micro-grid with different energy and power management strategies.