Education and Didactics

Optimal Control and Performance Analysis of a Solar-PV Microgrid

Authors: Shyam Kumar S., Rishikesan E., Sibi Annamalai, S. R. Ilango
Comments: 4 Pages.

his paper presents an exhaustive study on the oper-ational effectiveness of a standalone hybrid microgrid, integratinga Diesel Generator (DG) and a Battery Energy Storage System(BESS). The primary objective is to develop and validate acomprehensive control and energy management strategy (EMS)that minimizes the total yearly operational cost while strictlyadhering to stringent power quality and stability standards.We define five distinct operational scenarios (Scenarios 1—5) foreconomic evaluation and four dynamic operational cases (Cases1—4) for technical validation. The economic results demonstratethat the optimal integration strategy (Scenario 5) achieves acost reduction of over **[41.7%]** compared to a diesel-onlyapproach (Scenario 4), primarily through peak shaving andincreased DG efficiency (Figure 2). Technically, a detailed assess-ment of transient and steady-state performance confirms systemcompliance. Key metrics, including Maximum Frequency Devi-ation (kept within **[±0.1 Hz]**), Maximum Voltage Deviation(below ±0.05 p.u.), and Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) atthe PCC (maintained below the 3% limit defined by IEEE 519-2014, as shown in Figure 4), are rigorously analyzed. The paperdetails the component modeling, control hierarchy, and providesextensive discussion on the impact of BESS sizing on system
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