Design of a Hybrid Energy System with Energy Storage for Standalone DC Microgrid Application
| dc.contributor.author | Juma, Mwaka Ismail | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mwinyiwiwa, Bakari Mohammedi Mfaume | |
| dc.contributor.author | Msigwa, Consalva Joseph | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mushi, Aviti Thadei | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-02T10:15:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-02T10:15:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09-21 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper presents microgrid-distributed energy resources (DERs) for a rural standalone system. It is made up of a solar photovoltaic (solar PV) system, battery energy storage system (BESS), and a wind turbine coupled to a permanent magnet synchronous generator (WT-PMSG). The DERs are controlled by maximum power point tracking (MPPT)-based proportional integral (PI) controllers for both maximum power tracking and error feedback compensation. The MPPT uses the perturb and observe (P&O) algorithm for tracking the maximum power point of the DERs. The PI gains are tuned using the Ziegler–Nichols method. The developed system was built and simulated in MATLAB/Simulink under two conditions—constant load, and step-load changes. The controllers enabled the BESS to charge even during conditions of varying load and other environmental factors such as change of irradiance and wind speed. The reference was tracked extremely well by the output voltage of the DC microgrid. This is useful research for electrifying the rural islanded areas which are too far from the grid. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Royal Society–DFID in the UK under the Africa Capacity Building Program Initiative | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Juma MI, Mwinyiwiwa BMM, Msigwa CJ, Mushi AT. Design of a Hybrid Energy System with Energy Storage for Standalone DC Microgrid Application. Energies. 2021; 14(18):5994. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185994 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1996-1073 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5806 | |
| dc.publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | en_US |
| dc.subject | solar photovoltaic (PV); wind turbine coupled to permanent magnet synchronous generator (WT-PMSG); battery energy storage system (BESS); maximum power point tracking (MPPT); DC/DC converters | en_US |
| dc.title | Design of a Hybrid Energy System with Energy Storage for Standalone DC Microgrid Application | en_US |
| dc.type | Journal Article, Peer Reviewed | en_US |