Performance Characterization for Photovoltaic-Vanadium Redox Battery Microgrid Systems

Author

Nguyen, Tu A. ; Xin Qiu ; Guggenberger, Joe David ; Crow, Mariesa L. ; Elmore, Andrew Curtis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Missouri Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Rolla, MO, USA

Volume

5

Issue

4

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1379

Lastpage

1388

Abstract

The integration of photovoltatics (PV) and vanadium redox batteries (VRB) in microgrid systems has proven to be a valuable, environmentally friendly solution for reducing the dependency on conventional fossil fuel and decreasing emissions. The integrated microgrid system must be characterized to develop appropriate charging strategies specifically for VRBs, sizing microgrid systems to meet a given load, or comparing the VRB to other energy storage technologies in different applications. This paper provides a performance characterization analysis in a PV-VRB microgrid system for military installations under different conditions of load and weather. This microgrid system is currently deployed at the Fort Leonard Wood army base in Missouri, USA.

Keywords

battery storage plants; distributed power generation; photovoltaic power systems; secondary cells; vanadium; Fort Leonard Wood army base; Missouri; PV-VRB integration; PV-VRB microgrid system; USA; charging strategy; conventional fossil fuel; emission reduction; energy storage technology; integrated microgrid system; military installations; performance characterization analysis; photovoltaic-vanadium redox battery microgrid systems; sizing microgrid systems; Batteries; Energy storage; Microgrids; Renewable energy sources; Voltage control; Efficiency characterization; energy storage; microgrid; renewable energy; vanadium redox battery (VRB);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Sustainable Energy, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1949-3029

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TSTE.2014.2305132

Filename

6777355