Analysis of Energy Storage sizing and technologies

Author

Ross, Michael ; Hidalgo, Rodrigo ; Abbey, Chad ; Joós, Géza

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2010

fDate

25-27 Aug. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper performs a sensitivity analysis of varying Energy Storage System (ESS) sizes and technologies in an isolated wind-diesel power system. Energy Storage Systems have been proposed in order to improve the penetration of Renewable Energy (RE) sources to microgrids. The main goal of this paper is to identify, from an economic point of view, the optimal ratings and technologies for reducing the total cost of the operation of the system. A Knowledge Based Expert System Controller, which has been shown to yield minimized energy costs for a wind-diesel microgrid, is implemented to control the charging/discharging of the ESS, the diesel generation, and the dump load.

Keywords

diesel-electric power stations; power generation economics; wind power; diesel generation; energy storage sizing; microgrids; minimized energy costs; renewable energy sources; technologies; wind diesel power system; Batteries; Capacitors; Communities; Generators; Wind farms; Wind turbines; Battery Technology; Energy Storage; Expert Systems; Microgrids; Wind Energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8186-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEC.2010.5697212

Filename

5697212