Energies (Jul 2022)

Improvement of the Grid-Tied Solar-Wind System with a Storage Battery for the Self-Consumption of a Local Object

  • Olexandr Shavolkin,
  • Iryna Shvedchykova,
  • Michal Kolcun,
  • Dušan Medved’

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145114
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 14
p. 5114

Abstract

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This work aimed to improve how the equipment of a grid-tied solar-wind system used the installed power of the storage battery while reducing the cost of electricity consumed by a local object from the grid. A method for calculating the parameters for a given load schedule is proposed, along with the value of the reduction in electricity consumption. Values for the power generation of a wind generator and photovoltaic battery are based on archival data. The possible power ratio of the wind generator and the photovoltaic battery is 1:8.33. The formation of the state of charge of the battery involves: a calculation of its value for the morning peak according to the forecast for the next day; adjustable discharge in the evening with full or partial compensation for the load consumption according to the forecast for the next day; a night charge with a given current value. At a one-tariff plan, one battery discharge cycle per day is used. A night charge from the grid is not used. With a two-tariff plan and the use of a night battery charge from the grid, one discharge cycle is used in the spring-summer-autumn period. The simulation confirms the possibility of reducing electricity costs by 2.9 times in winter, which corresponds to the set value, alongside a complete elimination of costs in summer.

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