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Performance assessment of institutional photovoltaic based energy system for operating as a micro-grid

Performance assessment of institutional photovoltaic based energy system for operating as a micro-grid

Authors :
Mohan Kolhe
Kapil Muddineni
Ashwini Mudgal
Arvind Sharma
Nils Ulltveit-Moe
K. M. S. Y. Konara
Shirish Garud
Source :
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 37:100563
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2020.

Abstract

A building integrated photovoltaic (PV) system with energy storage within an institution may need appropriate coordination among distributed energy sources (DERs). It is required to have an appropriate energy management strategy to improve system performance as well as to operate it as a micro-grid during the grid outage condition. In this paper, TERI’s (India) Retreat Facility’s energy system has been used, and its performance with a distributed generator has been assessed with operational strategies for fulfilling the institutional load demand in coordination with the PV, grid and battery storage; and with possibility of operating it as a micro-grid during the grid outage period too. The energy management techniques have been proposed for minimizing the energy cost of locally generated electricity with maximization of PV contribution and battery energy throughput to meet the institutional load demand. It has been observed that the effective coordination of DERs with the battery energy storage can contribute in fulfilling the institutional essential load, and to supply the total load during the grid outage conditions. The presented results are going to be useful for techno-economic analysis of sustainable energy systems for minimizing the energy cost and to operate it as a micro-grid.

Details

ISSN :
22131388
Volume :
37
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........210e4c7178b1201b85b73a4611349ef6
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2019.100563