A Review on Hydrogen-Based Hybrid Microgrid System: Topologies for Hydrogen Energy Storage, Integration, and Energy Management with Solar and Wind Energy

Ahmad Alzahrani, Senthil Kumar Ramu (), Gunapriya Devarajan, Indragandhi Vairavasundaram and Subramaniyaswamy Vairavasundaram
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Ahmad Alzahrani: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Najran University, Najran 11001, Saudi Arabia
Senthil Kumar Ramu: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Technology (Autonomous), Coimbatore 641042, Tamil Nadu, India
Gunapriya Devarajan: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore 641202, Tamil Nadu, India
Indragandhi Vairavasundaram: School of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
Subramaniyaswamy Vairavasundaram: Subramaniyaswamy Vairavasundaram, School of Computing, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur 613401, Tamil Nadu, India

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 21, 1-32

Abstract: Hydrogen is acknowledged as a potential and appealing energy carrier for decarbonizing the sectors that contribute to global warming, such as power generation, industries, and transportation. Many people are interested in employing low-carbon sources of energy to produce hydrogen by using water electrolysis. Additionally, the intermittency of renewable energy supplies, such as wind and solar, makes electricity generation less predictable, potentially leading to power network incompatibilities. Hence, hydrogen generation and storage can offer a solution by enhancing system flexibility. Hydrogen saved as compressed gas could be turned back into energy or utilized as a feedstock for manufacturing, building heating, and automobile fuel. This work identified many hydrogen production strategies, storage methods, and energy management strategies in the hybrid microgrid (HMG). This paper discusses a case study of a HMG system that uses hydrogen as one of the main energy sources together with a solar panel and wind turbine (WT). The bidirectional AC-DC converter (BAC) is designed for HMGs to maintain power and voltage balance between the DC and AC grids. This study offers a control approach based on an analysis of the BAC’s main circuit that not only accomplishes the function of bidirectional power conversion, but also facilitates smooth renewable energy integration. While implementing the hydrogen-based HMG, the developed control technique reduces the reactive power in linear and non-linear (NL) loads by 90.3% and 89.4%.

Keywords: hybrid microgrid; bidirectional AC-DC converter; hydrogen energy; wind energy; energy management; control scheme; energy integration (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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