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Enhancing Energy Power Quality in Low Voltage Networks integrating Renewable Energy Generation with High Intermittency: A Case of Study in a Microgrid located in a High-Altitude Equatorial City
Villa-Ávila, E.; Arévalo, P.; Aguado, R.; Ochoa-Correa, D.; Iñiguez-Morán, V.; Jurado, F.; Tostado-Véliz, M. Enhancing Energy Power Quality in Low-Voltage Networks Integrating Renewable Energy Generation: A Case Study in a Microgrid Laboratory. Energies2023, 16, 5386.
Villa-Ávila, E.; Arévalo, P.; Aguado, R.; Ochoa-Correa, D.; Iñiguez-Morán, V.; Jurado, F.; Tostado-Véliz, M. Enhancing Energy Power Quality in Low-Voltage Networks Integrating Renewable Energy Generation: A Case Study in a Microgrid Laboratory. Energies 2023, 16, 5386.
Villa-Ávila, E.; Arévalo, P.; Aguado, R.; Ochoa-Correa, D.; Iñiguez-Morán, V.; Jurado, F.; Tostado-Véliz, M. Enhancing Energy Power Quality in Low-Voltage Networks Integrating Renewable Energy Generation: A Case Study in a Microgrid Laboratory. Energies2023, 16, 5386.
Villa-Ávila, E.; Arévalo, P.; Aguado, R.; Ochoa-Correa, D.; Iñiguez-Morán, V.; Jurado, F.; Tostado-Véliz, M. Enhancing Energy Power Quality in Low-Voltage Networks Integrating Renewable Energy Generation: A Case Study in a Microgrid Laboratory. Energies 2023, 16, 5386.
Abstract
Nowadays, energy decarbonization due to the integration of renewable energy sources presents important challenges to overcome. The intermittent nature of photovoltaic systems reduces power quality by producing voltage variations and frequency deviations in electrical systems networks, especially, in weak and isolated distribution systems in developing countries. This paper presents a power smoothing method improving the low pass filter and moving average for grid-connected photovoltaic system, the novel method includes state-of-charge monitoring control of the supercapacitors energy storage system to reduce the fluctuations of photovoltaic power at the point of common coupling. A case study for a microgrid in a high-altitude city in Ecuador is presented with exhaustive laboratory tests using real data. The ultimate goal of this research is to improve energy power quality in electrical distribution systems to cope with the growth of renewable penetration.
Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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