Method, system and device for regulating voltage fluctuations induced by at least one renewable energy source
AssigneeGeneral Electric Technology GmbH
InventorGuillaume Foggia
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of regulating voltage in an energy distribution network to which there are connected both a renewable energy generation system and an energy storage unit (11), the method being characterized in that, over a time window, a charging power of the electrical energy storage unit (11) is controlled so as to compensate for variations in the instantaneous voltage level induced by the renewable energy generation system relative to a prediction of the mean voltage level induced by the renewable energy generation system over the time window.
Claims10
A method comprising:
- providing a renewable energy generation system;
- providing a pilot node in an energy distribution network, wherein the pilot node is subject to departures from voltage limit values due to intermittency of operation of the renewable energy generation system;
- providing an electrical energy storage unit in the energy distribution network;
- connecting the renewable energy generation system to the pilot node, and operating the renewable energy system so as to induce an instantaneous voltage level at the pilot node and at a connection node that is in the energy distribution network and remote from the pilot node;
- receiving a prediction of a mean voltage level induced at the pilot node by the renewable energy generation system over a time window;
- controlling a charging power of the electrical energy storage unit over the time window so as to compensate for disturbances caused at the pilot node by variations in the instantaneous voltage level induced by the renewable energy generation system relative to the prediction of the mean voltage level over the time window;
- wherein the controlling is effective to maintain a voltage level at the pilot node that is constant over the time window and corresponds to the prediction of the mean voltage level despite the variations of the instantaneous voltage caused by the renewable energy generation system.
A control device for controlling an energy storage unit connected at a connection node of an energy distribution network to which there is connected a renewable energy generation system that induces an instantaneous voltage level at a pilot node of the energy distribution network remote from the connection node, wherein the pilot node is subject to departures from voltage limit values due to intermittency of operation of the renewable energy generation system, said instantaneous voltage level being that is a function of an instantaneous operating parameter, the control device comprising:
- a measuring unit for measuring the instantaneous operating parameter;
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- a control unit for controlling a charging power of the energy storage unit, the control unit being configured:
- to receive the instantaneous operating parameter measured by the measuring unit and a prediction of a mean operating parameter over a time window;
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- to act, over said time window, as a function of the difference between the measured instantaneous operating parameter and the prediction of the mean operating parameter, so as to compensate for disturbances that may be caused at the pilot node by variations in the instantaneous voltage level relative to a mean voltage level induced at the pilot node that corresponds to the prediction of the mean operating parameter;
- wherein the controlling is effective to maintain a voltage level at the pilot node that is constant over the time window and corresponds to the prediction of the mean voltage level, wherein the constant voltage level is maintained despite the variations of the instantaneous voltage caused by the renewable energy generation system.
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