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with
∂VocG
∂Tc = ∂VocM
∂Tc · NsM
(8)
∂IscG
∂Tc = ∂IscM
∂Tc · NpM
where Tc is the cell temperature, Tc0 is the cell temperature at
nominal operating conditions, IscGE is the short circuit current
of the generator for given environmental conditions, IscGn is
the generator nominal short circuit current at the maximum
power point and rated operation conditions. In addition, ∂I∂T scM
c
Figure 1. Grid-connected photovoltaic generator ∂IscG
and ∂Tc are the temperature coefficients for the short circuit
current of the module and the generator, while ∂V∂T ocM
c
and
∂VocG
are the temperature coefficients for the open circuit
IscG = IscM NpM ∂Tc
voltage of the module and the generator . VocGE is the open
VocG = VocM NsM
(1) circuit voltage of the generator for a given environmental
NsG = Ns NsM
condition.
NpG = NpM
The cell temperature can be calculated from temperature
where IscG is the short circuit current of the PV, IscM is measurements and the nominal operating cell temperature
the short circuit current of the module, NpM is the number (NOCT), which is provided by the manufacturer of the mod-
of modules in parallel, VocG is the open circuit voltage of ule. Thus, the cell temperature is given by,
the PV generator, VocM is the open circuit voltage of the
module,NsM is the number of modules in series, NsG is N OCT − 20
Tc = Ta + G (9)
number of photovoltaic cells in a string and Ns is the number 800
of cells in a module. The PV generator is modelled with the where G is the irradiance and T a is the ambient temperature.
following expresion,
V +I R
G G sG B. Power conditioning unit
IG = IscG − NpG Io e nNsG VT − 1 (2)
The power conditioning unit (PCU) unit allows interfacing
where NpG is the number of strings connected in parallel for the PV array with the power grid. As it can be seen in
the PV generator. The current Io is determined by solving Eq. Fig. 1, the PCU consists of a maximum power point tracker
(2) for the open-circuit conditions, I G = 0 and VG = 0. Then (MPPT) and an inverter. While the MPPT ensures that the PV
(2) takes the form, array delivers the maximum power to the inverter, the voltage
inverter ties the CD output of the MPPT with the AC utility
IscG
Io = VG +IG RsG
(3) grid. By applying an iterative technique reported in [6] to Eq.
NpG e nNsG VT
−1 (2), the V-I characteristic curve of the PV array is obtained.
Then, the maximum DC output power of the PV array P M P P T
Generator series resistance RsG is defined as is defined as the maximum element of a power vector, which
is computed by multiplying V and I.
VocG PnG Regarding the modelling of the voltage inverter, its effi-
RsG = − 2 (4)
IscG F F0 IscG ciency η is considered constant. Then, the output power of
with the inverter is determined as,
F F0 = voc −ln(v oc +0.72)
1+voc PP V −IN V = ηPM P P T (10)
(5)
voc = NsG nVT
VocG
where F F0 is the fill factor of the generator and voc is the III. BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM
normalized open circuit voltage. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) have been used for
decades in power systems. Their stored energy is controlled
A. Temperature dependence to balance power generation of renewable sources and to
The generator V-I characteristic varies with the change of optimize overall power consumption. Further, energy storage
solar irradiation and temperature. The short circuit current and systems can smooth the fluctuations of renewable sources.
the open circuit voltage of the PV generator are defined as In [7], a simple model for electric vehicles using lithium-
follows [5], ion batteries suitable for load flow studies is developed. The
elapsed time it takes the battery to be fully charged is related
IscGn ∂IscG
IscGE = + (Tc − Tc0 ) (6) to its initial status. The charging and discharging process are
1000 ∂Tc modelled as follows [7],
∂VocG kTck IscGE
VocGE = VocGn +
∂Tc
(Tc − Tc0 ) +
q
ln
IscGn
(7) Pcharge (t) = Pmax (1 − e−αt/tmax ) + P0 (11)
3
Begin
Pdischarge (t) = P0 (1 − e−αt/tmax ) (12)
Set System Parameters
where Pmax is the maximum capacity of the BESS, P0 is
the initial power stored in the battery, tmax is the maximum Set t 0
Set t BESS
charging time and α is a constant parameter. Assuming that a Set t max
full discharged battery absorbs 90% of its maximum capacity Read irradiance and
P max in approximately one-third of the maximum charging temperature data
time tmax , the parameter α takes the value of α = 6.9. Compute PPV OUT output power
Eq.(18)
The model of the inverter for BESS aplications considers a
no yes
constant value for the inverter efficiency. Therefore, the output Compute QPV LIMIT PQ node for Compute QPV OUT from
power of the BESS is, from Eq. (19) PV device Eq. (18)
V. P OWER F LOW A NALYSIS Figure 2. Flowchart of power flow analysis with PV and BESS devices.
The well known power flow formulation, in terms of real
and imaginary components, is defined as [8],
n PP V −OU T = P F · PP V −IN V
Pp = |Ep Ep Ypq |cos(θpq + δp − δq ) (18)
(15) QP V −OU T = sin(cos−1 (P F )) · PP V −IN V
q=1
In case the PV generator acts as a PV node, it is necesary
n
to calculte the reactive power limit by selecting a minimum
Qp = |Ep Eq Ypq |sin(θpq + δp − δq ) (16)
q=1
power factor (P F min ). Then QP V −LIM IT is calculated as,
out using the software PSS/E. This simulation package uses Table I
a fully coupled Newton-Raphson iterative algorithm. Fig. 2 M ODEL PARAMETERS FOR THE PV GENERATOR
shows the flowchart of the procedure implemented in this I scM = 8.45 A N sM = 14
work for the incorporation of PV generators and BESS to VocM = 37.1 V N pG = 298
the power flow solution. As it can be appreciated, system ∂IscM
∂T = 0.0294 %/°K NOCT = 49 °C
parameters and control variables are initialized at the begining ∂VocM
= −0.387 %/°K Tc0 = 25 °C
of the procedure. Next, the PV and BESS output power are ∂T
computed at time t. Loads of the power network are modified N s = 60
for the 24 hours simulation according to a load profile defined
with a polinomial representation. The new values of active In addition, the effects of temperature and irradiance on the
and reactive powers from PV, BESS and loads are used in the performance of the PV station are reported. Model parameters
power flow analysis. This process is repeated till the maximum of the PV generator are listed in Table 1
simulation time tmax is reached. Figure 4(a) shows the irradiance and ambient temperature
data for a 1 MW PV installation located at Santa Rosalia,
VI. T EST CASE Mexico, which has a latitude angle of 270 20 20 N. The
In this section, modelled results are compared with actual profile reported in this figure corresponds to a typical clear
power measured every 10 minutes. In addition, the effects of sky day in summer. As it can be seen, a peak irradiation
temperature and irradiation on the operation of an embedded of 1.049 KW/m2 is observed at 12:30 local time. At that
PV generator in a power network are analyzed. Fig. 3 depicts moment, the ambient temperature reaches 32o C. Furthermore,
a 5-node power network [8] with a PV generator and a BESS. the measured power is 866.94 KW, the simulated power is
It can be observed that both, the PV generator and the BESS 874.21 KW and the relative error of the output power is 0.83%
are located at node 5. (See Fig. 4(b)). From 7:00 to 18:00 the relative error of the
In order to evaluate the impact of the operation of a PV output power is below 10%, while the maximum relative error
generator, an experiment is developed in this section for the occurs at 19:30. The measured output power is greater than
following scenarios: the simulated output power from 17:00 to 20:00. In general,
• Base case .- The 5-node power network is solved without the simulated output power compares well with the measured
PV generation. The load profile is modeled by hourly data.
steps according to the average day load behavior de-
scribed in section IV. B. Power flow solution with photovoltaic generation
• Case A .- A 60 MW PV generator is located at node 5.
Fig. 5 shows simulation results obtained for the 5-node
The PV system is solved in PSS/E as a PQ node with a system for the base case, case A and case B. The steady state
unity power factor. solution was computed every 10 minutes for a period of one
• Case B .- A battery energy storage system based in a ion-
day. Active and reactive power losses are depicted in Figures
lithium battery pack is located at node 5. It has a rated 5(a) and 5(b), where it can be seen that both power losses show
capacity of 30 MW, which represents the 50% of the a decrement from 7:00 to 20:00 hours. It can be seen that the
capacity of the PV generator. The initial state of charge power losses are reduced in 60% at 12:30 hours, thanks to
of the battery is 0%. It is switched on at 11:40 hours and the peak output power generated by the PV generator. Fig.
demands its charging power. At 19:00 hours the BESS 5(c) and 5(d) show the voltage deviation index (VDI) and the
discharges. line loading due to the change of the output power of the PV
A. Validation of photovoltaic generator model generator. The VDI shows a rise of aproximately 80% due to
The PV generator model and the measured data of an actual the installation of a PV generator. The VDI is computed as
grid-connected PV installation are compared in this section. follows [9]
(a) (b)
Figure 4. Comparison between PV model and measured data: a) One day
irradiation and temperature data for Santa Rosalía and b) comparison of PV
Figure 3. Single-line diagram of the power system power output.
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