Power management for a DC MicroGrid integrating renewables and storages

Alessio Iovine (1) , Tristan Rigaut (1) , Gilney Damm (2, 1) , Elena de Santis (3) , Maria Domenica Di Benedetto (3)

1 Efficacity - Institut de Recherche & Développement [Marne-la-Vallée]
2 IBISC - Informatique, BioInformatique, Systèmes Complexes
3 DISIM - Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics = Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Scienze dell'Informazione e Matematica [L'Aquila]

A power management controller for a DC MicroGrid containing renewable energy sources, storage elements and loads is presented. The controller ensures power balance and grid stability even when some devices are not controllable in terms of their power output, and environmental conditions and load vary in time. Power balance and desired voltage level for the DC MicroGrid are considered as constraints for the controller. Simulations and an experimental setup are implemented to show the effectiveness of the proposed control action.

Keywords: DC microgrids; Energy management system (EMS); Grid stability; Model predictive control (MPC); Power management

Domains: Automatic

Alessio Iovine, Tristan Rigaut, Gilney Damm, Elena de Santis, Maria Domenica Di Benedetto. Power management for a DC MicroGrid integrating renewables and storages. Control Engineering Practice, 2019, 85, pp.59--79. ⟨10.1016/j.conengprac.2019.01.009⟩. ⟨hal-02006932⟩