Comparative Analysis of Power Ramp Rate Control Strategies for Photovoltaic Systems

Hein Wai Yan; Gaowen Liang; Ezequiel Rodriguez; Neha Beniwal; Glen G. Farivar; Josep Pou

doi:10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10312122

Comparative Analysis of Power Ramp Rate Control Strategies for Photovoltaic Systems

Hein Wai Yan^*
, Gaowen Liang
, Ezequiel Rodriguez
, Neha Beniwal
, Glen G. Farivar
, Josep Pou

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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Abstract

Intermittent changes in irradiance caused by passing clouds inevitably lead to fluctuations in photovoltaic (PV) power generation. To ensure the stability of a power grid with integrated solar PV generation, a battery energy storage system (BESS) is an intrinsic solution to effectively process the PV power before transmitting it into the grid. Alternatively, a PV software-based ramp rate (RR) control can be applied to mitigate the PV power fluctuations without any BESS, which is known to be cost-effective. The contribution of this paper is to compare various BESS-based and cost-effective software-based RR control strategies operating with real-time measured information, and analyze their effectiveness in regulating the PV power fluctuations. Furthermore, this paper studies the BESS utilization behavior among hardware-based control strategies, and also provides insights into which strategy is more appropriate for specific applications. The investigations are carried out through simulation case studies with a real-field one-day fluctuated irradiance profile. © 2023 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350331820
ISBN (Print)	9798350331837
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10312122
Publication status	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2023) - Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore Duration: 16 Oct 2023 → 19 Oct 2023 https://www.iecon2023.org/

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Name	IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
ISSN (Print)	2162-4704
ISSN (Electronic)	2577-1647

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Conference	49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2023)
Abbreviated title	IEEE IECON 2023
Place	Singapore
Period	16/10/23 → 19/10/23
Internet address	https://www.iecon2023.org/

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This research was supported by the Republic of Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) through the "Distributed Energy Resource Management System for Energy Grid 2.0" project at the Energy Research Institute @ Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Research Keywords

Battery energy storage system (BESS)
photovoltaic (PV) system
power ramp rate control (PRRC)
PV power smoothing

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Yan, H. W., Liang, G., Rodriguez, E., Beniwal, N., Farivar, G. G., & Pou, J. (2023). Comparative Analysis of Power Ramp Rate Control Strategies for Photovoltaic Systems. In IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10312122

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Yan, HW, Liang, G, Rodriguez, E, Beniwal, N, Farivar, GG & Pou, J 2023, Comparative Analysis of Power Ramp Rate Control Strategies for Photovoltaic Systems. in IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference), IEEE Computer Society, 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2023), Singapore, 16/10/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10312122

Comparative Analysis of Power Ramp Rate Control Strategies for Photovoltaic Systems. / Yan, Hein Wai; Liang, Gaowen; Rodriguez, Ezequiel et al.
IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE Computer Society, 2023. (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)).

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Comparative Analysis of Power Ramp Rate Control Strategies for Photovoltaic Systems

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