Distributed energy storage control for dynamic load impact mitigation

Zangs, M. J., Adams, P. B. E., Yunusov, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2318-3009, Holderbaum, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1677-9624 and Potter, B. A. (2016) Distributed energy storage control for dynamic load impact mitigation. Energies, 9 (8). 647. ISSN 1996-1073 doi: 10.3390/en9080647

Abstract/Summary

The future uptake of electric vehicles (EV) in low-voltage distribution networks can cause increased voltage violations and thermal overloading of network assets, especially in networks with limited headroom at times of high or peak demand. To address this problem, this paper proposes a distributed battery energy storage solution, controlled using an additive increase multiplicative decrease (AIMD) algorithm. The improved algorithm (AIMD+) uses local bus voltage measurements and a reference voltage threshold to determine the additive increase parameter and to control the charging, as well as discharging rate of the battery. The used voltage threshold is dependent on the network topology and is calculated using power flow analysis tools, with peak demand equally allocated amongst all loads. Simulations were performed on the IEEE LV European Test feeder and a number of real U.K. suburban power distribution network models, together with European demand data and a realistic electric vehicle charging model. The performance of the standard AIMD algorithm with a fixed voltage threshold and the proposed AIMD+ algorithm with the reference voltage profile are compared. Results show that, compared to the standard AIMD case, the proposed AIMD+ algorithm further improves the network’s voltage profiles, reduces thermal overload occurrences and ensures a more equal battery utilisation.

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Divisions	Science > School of the Built Environment > Construction Management and Engineering Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Department of Bio-Engineering Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Centre for Technologies for Sustainable Built Environments (TSBE) Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Energy Research Science > School of the Built Environment > Energy and Environmental Engineering group
Publisher	MDPI Publishing, Basel
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