Energy Management System for the Photovoltaic Battery Integrated Module

Victor Vega-Garita, Muhammad Faizal Sofyan, Nishant Narayan, Laura Ramirez-Elizondo and Pavol Bauer
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Victor Vega-Garita: Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
Muhammad Faizal Sofyan: Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
Nishant Narayan: Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
Laura Ramirez-Elizondo: Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
Pavol Bauer: Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-20

Abstract: Given the complementary nature of photovoltaic (PV) generation and energy storage, the combination of a solar panel and a battery pack in one single device is proposed. To realize this concept, the PV Battery-Integrated Module ( PBIM ), it is fundamental to analyze the system architecture and energy management. This paper focuses on selecting a suitable architecture among the different options, while also indicating the control strategy that the converters must follow to ensure appropriate performance. Also, several modes of operation for the complete system are introduced to implement energy management. For the selected DC architecture, two case studies, viz. off-grid and peak-shaving for a grid-tied system, were employed to characterize the response of the model demonstrating its utility to perform maximum power-point tracking, excess solar power curtailment, and battery charging and discharging. The proposed control and system architecture prove to be feasible for a PV battery-integrated device such as PBIM .

Keywords: PV-battery; integrated module; energy management; systems architecture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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