Applications of Battery Storage to Improve Performance of Distribution Systems

Author

Zarghami, M. ; Vaziri, M.Y. ; Rahimi, Azar ; Vadhva, S.

Author_Institution

California State Univ. Sacramento (CSUS), Sacramento, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

4-5 April 2013

Firstpage

345

Lastpage

350

Abstract

This paper discusses applications and benefits of distributed storage devices on the performance of distribution power systems. In particular, the paper focuses the uses of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) for system improvement. An overview of predominant battery types are covered in this paper along with their benefits and advantages. Diverse applications for BESS are described such as peak load shaving, power quality improvement, load/frequency control, system balancing and congestion management. Impacts of plug-in electric vehicles are explained and problems regarding the dispatch of BESS units are also introduced.

Keywords

battery storage plants; distribution networks; frequency control; load regulation; power supply quality; BESS units dispatch; battery energy storage system; battery storage applications; congestion management; distributed storage devices; distribution power system performance; load-frequency control; peak load shaving; plug-in electric vehicles; power quality improvement; system balancing; Batteries; Fluctuations; Frequency control; Optimization; Power quality; BESS; Energy storage system; battery energy storage system; load/frequency control; peak shaving; power quality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Technologies Conference, 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

ISSN

2166-546X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5191-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GreenTech.2013.59

Filename

6520072