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Current Sharing Control of Parallel Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for Energy Storage Applications in Islanded Microgrid
P. Monica,
Published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
2019
Volume: 2019-July
   
Abstract
The paper explores parallel connected bidirectional DC-DC converters for energy storage applications in microgrid. The parallel operated bidirectional DC converter confronts with inaccurate current sharing due to the voltage imbalance and the circulating current. The parallel DC-DC power stage and its control in the micro grid proves to be more prominent and its efficiency is predetermined by the factors like the minimum circulating current and voltage balance. This paper aims at achieving accurate current sharing with a power based droop mechanism. The cynosure of the current work is carried out in two stages involving the proposed droop mechanism and the cascaded control. Due to the self-regulating voltage gain, bidirectional capability, the dual active bridge bidirectional DC-DC converter is chosen for the current work. The proposed droop strategy is deployed for battery fed converters to share power irrespective of instantaneous estimation of state of charge of batteries. This can be achieved by deriving a relation between the output power and the state of charge of batteries and formulating a droop equation based on power. The system is simulated in the MATLAB Simulink environment and the results were analyzed experimentally. © 2019 IEEE.
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JournalData powered by TypesetProceedings of the International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems
PublisherData powered by TypesetInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISSN21645256