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November 9, 2021
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Contributions to the size reduction of a battery used for PV power ramp rate control

Publicated to: SOLAR ENERGY. 230 435-448 - 2021-12-01 230(), DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2021.10.047

Authors:

Makibar, A; Narvarte, L; Lorenzo, E
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSIS Telecomunicac, Inst Energia Solar, Madrid 28031, Spain - Author

Abstract

In order to mitigate PV power fluctuations, ramp rate control is performed coupling battery energy storage systems to PV plants. In previous works, we developed a method to minimise the power and energy capacity of a battery by considering the probability of occurrence of fluctuations and a penalty imposed in the event of not complying with a certain prescribed ramp-rate limitation. In this work, two new techniques are proposed for enhancing that method, by including in the analysis the smoothing capabilities provided by PV inverters power limitation and the oversizing of the PV array. In the first technique, a control strategy is implemented to mitigate upwards fluctuations by balancing the use of a highly reduced battery with the control of inverters power. In the second technique, the PV array is oversized to smooth high frequency fluctuations by means of the low pass filter effect provided by a larger array and by clipping the low amplitude fluctuations. With the proposed techniques, a battery can be reduced by up to 70% without penalising the energy production injected following the requirements of a grid-code.
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Keywords

battery sizecontrol strategyfluctuationsgrid integrationplantpv array oversizingramp rate controlscale pvsystemsAffordable and clean energyBattery sizeEnergy storageFluctuationsGrid integrationPv array oversizingRamp rate controlShort-term variability

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal SOLAR ENERGY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Materials Science (Miscellaneous).

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • WoS: 11
  • Scopus: 15
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Impact and social visibility

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/86762/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 183
  • Downloads: 86
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 7 - Affordable and clean energy, with a probability of 90% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (MAKIBAR PUENTE, AITOR) and Last Author (LORENZO PIGUEIRAS, ANTONIO-P.EDUARDO).

the authors responsible for correspondence tasks have been MAKIBAR PUENTE, AITOR and LORENZO PIGUEIRAS, ANTONIO-P.EDUARDO.

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