Use of Hybrid Photovoltaic Systems with a Storage Battery for the Remote Objects of Railway Transport Infrastructure

Olexandr Shavolkin, Iryna Shvedchykova, Juraj Gerlici, Kateryna Kravchenko and František Pribilinec
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Olexandr Shavolkin: Department of Computer Engineering and Electromechanics, Institute of Engineering and Information Technologies, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Nemyrovycha-Danchenka Street, 2, 01011 Kyiv, Ukraine
Iryna Shvedchykova: Department of Computer Engineering and Electromechanics, Institute of Engineering and Information Technologies, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Nemyrovycha-Danchenka Street, 2, 01011 Kyiv, Ukraine
Juraj Gerlici: Department of Transport and Handling Machines, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 0102632 Zilina, Slovakia
Kateryna Kravchenko: Department of Transport and Handling Machines, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 0102632 Zilina, Slovakia
František Pribilinec: Department of Transport and Handling Machines, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 0102632 Zilina, Slovakia

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 13, 1-19

Abstract: The use of a grid-tied photovoltaic system with a storage battery to increase the power of objects of railway transport infrastructure above the limit on consumption from the grid with the possibility of energy saving is considered. The methods of analysis of energy processes in photovoltaic systems with a storage battery are used. They are added via the processing of archival data of power generation of a photovoltaic battery and computer modeling results. A technique of system parameter calculation to increase the power according to the given load schedule of the object at constant and maximum possible degree of power increasing is developed. The values of the average monthly generation of a photovoltaic battery at the location point of the object based on archival data are used. The principle of the control of power, consumed from the grid, according to the given values of the added and total load is developed. Using the basic schedule of added load power in connection with the graph of photovoltaic battery generation allows reducing the installed power of the storage battery. The additional reduction in the installed power of the photovoltaic and storage batteries is possible at the corresponding choice of the degree of power load increasing. The joint formation of current schedules with reference to the added power value and state of charge of the battery according to the short-term forecast of the generation of a photovoltaic battery is proposed. The value of added power at certain intervals of time is set according to the graph of actual generation of the photovoltaic battery, which contributes to the maximum use of its energy. With the average monthly generation of a photovoltaic battery in the spring–autumn period, the discharge of the battery during the hours of the morning load peak is not used. This reduces the number of deep discharge cycles and extends the battery life. The description of energy processes in steady-state conditions for the daily cycle of system functioning is formalized. On this basis, a mathematical model is developed in MATLAB with an estimation of the costs of electricity consumed from the grid. When modeling, archival data are used for days when the generation of a photovoltaic battery over time intervals is close to average monthly values. This makes it possible to evaluate the effectiveness of system management under conditions close to real during the year.

Keywords: energy saving; control by forecast; power limit of consumption; railway transport infrastructure object; simulation in the daily cycle (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: 2022
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