Title |
Optimal Operation Scheme and Reliability Index Improvement of Micro Grid Using Energy Storage Systems |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2014.63.2.205 |
Keywords |
Optimal operation ; Micro grid ; Wind turbine ; Photovoltaic ; Diesel engine ; Fuel cell ; ESS ; Interruption costs ; Reliability index |
Abstract |
The micro grid considered in this paper consists of a diesel generator, a photovoltaic array, a wind turbine, a fuel cell, and a energy storage system. This paper explains and simulates the micro grid components in terms of accuracy and efficiency of having a system model based on the costs of fuel as well as operation and maintenance. For operational efficiency, the objective function in a diesel generator consists of the fuel cost function similar to the cost functions used for the conventional fossil-fuel generating plants. The wind turbine generator is modeled by the characteristics of variable output. The optimization is aimed at minimizing the cost function of the system while constraining it to meet the customer demand and safety of micro grid. The operating cost in fuel-cell system includes the fuel costs and the efficiency for fuel to generate electric power. To develop the overall system model gives a possibility to minimize of the total cost of micro grid. The application of optimal operation can save the interruption costs as well as the operating costs, and improve reliability index in micro grid. |