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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.
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03 Oct 2011
TL;DR: Adapt dynamic programming is applied to the residential energy system control and management, with an emphasis on home battery use connected to power grids, built upon a self-learning architecture with only a single critic module instead of the action-critic dual module architecture.
Abstract: In this paper, we apply adaptive dynamic programming to the residential energy system control and management, with an emphasis on home battery use connected to power grids. The proposed scheme is built upon a self-learning architecture with only a single critic module instead of the action-critic dual module architecture. The novelty of the present scheme is its ability to improve the performance as it learns and gains more experience in real-time operations under uncertain changes of the environment. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can achieve the minimum electricity cost for residential customers.
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15 Jun 2005TL;DR: In this paper, a wind power energy system includes a compression system that produces pressurized air with a first temperature that is received by a storage system at a second temperature that was approximately equal to the first temperature.
Abstract: A wind power energy system includes a compression system that produces pressurized air with a first temperature that is received by a storage system at a second temperature that is approximately equal to the first temperature. The wind power energy system is insulated with about ten centimeters of glass-wool insulation to create an essentially adiabatic system. The pressurized air is utilized by a generator and generate electricity for a power grid. The generator also includes a combustion engine input. A control system detects fluctuation in wind power and commands the combustion engine to provide an appropriate amount of input energy to the generator such that the sum of the wind energy and combustion engine inputs produces a predetermined amount of electrical output by the generator.
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14 Dec 2010TL;DR: In this paper, a power storage system and a method of controlling the system is described, where the remaining amount of power of a battery is insufficient when the grid is in a quasi-normal state, the battery is charged by directly receiving electric power from the grid, and thus electric power is available for the if the grid subsequently goes back into the abnormal state.
Abstract: A power storage system and method of controlling the system is disclosed. The power storage system is connected to a power generation system and a grid. If a remaining amount of power of a battery is insufficient when the grid is in a quasi-normal state, the battery is charged by directly receiving electric power from the grid, and thus electric power is available for the if the grid subsequently goes back into the abnormal state.
54 citations
16 May 2014
TL;DR: Current and future power electronic conversion systems and components that aid the interconnection of grid-scale energy storage or utilize storage to minimize grid disruption at all voltage classes including transmission, distribution, and future grid architectures such as the microgrid are presented.
Abstract: Power electronic conversion units will serve as a key enabling technology for assisting in the continued growth of grid-scale energy storage. This paper presents existing and future power electronic conversion systems and components that aid the interconnection of grid-scale energy storage or utilize storage to minimize grid disruption at all voltage classes including transmission, distribution, and future grid architectures such as the microgrid. New R&D solutions to aid the interconnection process including efforts in bidirectional charger design and potentially solid-state transformers (SSTs) are emphasized. The role of energy storage to support microgrid research and growth, while highlighting power electronic behavior within this environment, is considered. Last, an example that bridges the microgrid and energy storage theme is given through the design and operation of a direct current (dc) electric vehicle (battery) charging station. When appropriate, manufacturer solutions and success stories of utilizing latest battery technologies interfaced via power electronic solutions at the utility scale are provided.
54 citations
16 Jun 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the capability for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in V2H scenarios was analyzed, for which the vehicle acts as a residential battery storage system and/or a backup generator during a grid outage or more frequent short-duration distribution system fault.
Abstract: This work analyzes the capability for Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in Vehicle to Home (V2H) scenarios, for which the vehicle acts as a residential battery storage system and/or a backup generator during a grid outage or more frequent short duration distribution system fault. In this paper, we use residential energy data collected from a smart grid testbed in Austin, Texas with a custom PEV model to assess the performance (in terms of duration and power output) of a PEV used for backup power. Our results quantify the extent to which photovoltaic (PV) generation and the characteristics of a PEV (battery size, gasoline availability) affect the backup duration of a PEV based V2H system during an electric outage. We use the insight gained from our results to explore optimal engine-generator control for PV-enabled V2H, strategies to further increase backup duration, and non-continuous self-sustaining off-grid alternatives.
54 citations