CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR BATTERY

ENERGY STORAGE FOR WIND FARM

DISPATCHING

Abstract:
Integrating a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a large
solar panel can smooth out. The intermittent power from the solar panel.
This paper focuses on development of a control strategy for optimal use of
the BESS for this purpose. The paper considers a conventional feedbackbased control scheme with revisions to incorporate the operating constraints
of the BESS, such as state of charge limits, charge/discharge rate, and
lifetime. The goal of the control is to have the BESS provide as much
smoothing as possible so that the battery can be dispatched on an hourly
basis based on the forecasted battery conditions. The effectiveness of this
control strategy has been tested by using an actual battery data. Finally, it is
shown that the control strategy is very important in determining the proper
BESS size needed for this application.

Block diagram:

Solar Panel

Load

Relay

Battery

Signal
Conditioning
Unit

Personal
Computer

UART

Relay
Driver

AT89S52