Stand-alone power system

About: Stand-alone power system is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 8650 publications have been published within this topic receiving 192397 citations. The topic is also known as: Stand-alone photovoltaic power system.

Power system stabilization system and method employing a rechargeable battery system

Abstract: A power system stabilization system is provided between power generation equipment significantly fluctuating in output and a power system required to maintain a predetermined voltage. In the power system stabilization system, a voltage detection device and a current detection device detect voltage and current, respectively, of the power system and voltage and current thus detected are used to calculate a level of active power required and that of reactive power required which are referred to to provide charging and discharging from a rechargeable battery to the power system via an A-D converter.

Power supply system for distributed source

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power supply system for a distributed source, installing a distributed power source system in a plot of a power user by a power supply provider to perform power supply to the user, diagnosis of system operation, etc. SOLUTION: This system includes a distributed power source system 16, supplying power of commercial frequency to a load 8 of a specific user, additionally performing system linkage and a system managing means 15 connected to each distributed power source system via a communication network 12; the distributed power source system 16 includes a solar battery 1, a fuel cell 2, a storage battery 3, a power converter means 4 for system-linking power output from these power-generating means, a power condition monitor means 6, and a system control means 7; and the system control means 7 communicates operating information of the distributed power source system 16 to the system managing means 15 and controls the operating condition of the power converter means 4, according to the indication received from the system-managing means 15.

Cascaded H-bridge multilevel converter topology and three-phase balance control for large scale photovoltaic systems

Abstract: The increase in the power levels of photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion systems has resulted in new large-scale grid connected configurations that have reached the megawatt level. This substantial increment in the power levels imposes new challenges to the grid interfacing converter, and therefore results in new opportunities to be explored. This work introduces a new medium voltage multilevel scheme based on a three-phase cascaded H-bridge (CHB) converter and multiple PV strings. The proposed configuration enables a large increase of the total power capacity of the PV system, while the introduction of a multilevel converter helps to improve both power quality and efficiency and medium voltage operation at the grid side. The main challenge of the proposed configuration is to handle the inherent power imbalances that occur not only between the different cells of one phase of the converter but also between the three phases. Simulation results of a 7-level CHB PV system are presented to validate the proposed topology and control method.