Smart Energy Storage Systems

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Power Electronics".

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Power Electrical and Electronics System Research Group, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Interests: power engineering computing; PWM rectifiers; active filters; automotive electrics; computerised monitoring; decision support systems; electric vehicles; energy conservation; graphical user interfaces; home automation; power factor; power filters; harmonic distortion; power harmonic filters; compensation; invertors; mean square error methods; passive filters; photovoltaic cells; photovoltaic power systems; power conversion harmonics; power station control; pulse width modulation; reactive power; synchronisation
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Interests: smart grid; renewable energy; power elctronics; DC/DC converters
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Dear Colleagues,

Electric energy resources should move from conventional resources to other renewable and green resources that will usually need to be associated or coordinated with energy storage systems (ESS).

New technologies, such as power electronics and information and communications technologies, allow controlling this ESS in new and optimized ways, to implement intelligent strategies that are able to optimize the operation of the conventional grid. These ESSs can be considered a key element of smart energy, called Smart Energy Storage Systems (SESS).

In this Special Issue we call for original contributions related to SESS, covering the electronics, both power and communication electronic systems, required to assure their correct operation, monitoring and performance, to the computing systems required to implement intelligence, machine learning, learning capability and the establishment of new business models and smart contracts.

Prof. Dr. Enrique Romero-Cadaval
Prof. Dr. Vitor Fernão Pires
Prof. Dr. Eva González-Romera
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Keywords

  • Smart Energy Storage Systems
  • Prosumers
  • Storage for managing Renewable Energies
  • Smart grids
  • Intelligent energy systems
  • Smart contracts

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Secondary Control for Storage Power Converters in Isolated Nanogrids to Allow Peer-to-Peer Power Sharing
by Eva González-Romera, Enrique Romero-Cadaval, Carlos Roncero-Clemente, Mercedes Ruiz-Cortés, Fermín Barrero-González, María-Isabel Milanés Montero and Antonio Moreno-Muñoz
Electronics 2020, 9(1), 140; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9010140 - 11 Jan 2020
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It is usual in literature that power sharing among grid-forming sources of an isolated microgrid obeys their energy rating, instead of economic agreements between stakeholders, and circulating energy among them is usually avoided. However, these energy interchanges make strong sense and classical power [...] Read more.
It is usual in literature that power sharing among grid-forming sources of an isolated microgrid obeys their energy rating, instead of economic agreements between stakeholders, and circulating energy among them is usually avoided. However, these energy interchanges make strong sense and classical power sharing methods must be reformulated in the context of prosumer-based microgrids. This paper proposes a secondary control method for a prosumer-based low-voltage nanogrid that allows for energy interchange between prosumers, where storage systems, together with PV generators, are the controllable grid-forming sources. A power flow technique adapted to islanded microgrids is used for secondary control algorithm and the whole hierarchical control strategy for the prosumer converter is simulated and validated. This hierarchical control consists of three stages: tertiary control plans the energy interchange among prosumers, secondary obtains different voltage and power setpoints for each of the grid-forming sources, and, finally, primary control guarantees stable voltage and frequency values within the nanogrid with droop rules. Inner control loops for the power converter are also defined to track setpoints and assure stable performance. Simulation tests are carried out, which prove the stability of the proposed methods and the accuracy of the setpoint tracking. Full article
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Parameters Design and Optimization of a High Frequency, Interleaved, Dual-Buck, Bidirectional, Grid-Connected Converter
by Yulu Cui, Yifeng Wang and Xiaoyong Ma
Electronics 2019, 8(9), 973; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics8090973 - 31 Aug 2019
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In this paper, a high frequency, interleaved, dual-buck, bidirectional, grid-connected converter topology is proposed. Free from the straight-through and dead-time distortion issues, both higher switching frequency and power density can be achieved. Due to the interleaved technique, the current ripple and stress for [...] Read more.
In this paper, a high frequency, interleaved, dual-buck, bidirectional, grid-connected converter topology is proposed. Free from the straight-through and dead-time distortion issues, both higher switching frequency and power density can be achieved. Due to the interleaved technique, the current ripple and stress for inductors and other power devices can be effectively reduced. Moreover, a novel filter parameter design method is proposed. The method is optimized with smaller inductance, higher filtering performance, and better steady-state performance. For one thing, the performance requirements under the two states of inverter and rectifier are comprehensively considered. For another, the relationship between the performance indexes and the filter parameters is analyzed. However, the results show that the relationship between the performance indexes is contradictory. A set of optimization parameters were obtained by setting the priority of the filter performance index. The specific design process of the filter parameters is given in detail. In order to verify the rationality of the parameter design, a 5 kW prototype was built and tested. The total harmonic distortions (THDs) of the grid currents in the among grid-connected inverter, off-connected inverter, and rectifier states under full load were 2.7%, 1.2%, and 4.5%, respectively, and the power density reached 36 W/in3. Full article
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