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Using Thermal Energy Storage to Relieve Wind Generation Curtailment in an Island Microgrid

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  • Huanhuan Luo

    (School of Electrical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110027, China
    State Grid Liaoning Electrical Power Company, Shenyang 110006, China)

  • Weichun Ge

    (School of Electrical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110027, China
    State Grid Liaoning Electrical Power Company, Shenyang 110006, China)

  • Jingzhuo Sun

    (College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China)

  • Quanyuan Jiang

    (College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China)

  • Yuzhong Gong

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada)

Abstract

The uncertainty and intermittency of the available wind resource in nature would potentially cause wind generation curtailment when the flexibility of the integrated power grid is limited, especially in small-scale microgrids for islands. In this paper, an optimal configuration method is proposed to use thermal energy storage (TES) to relieve wind generation curtailment in an island microgrid. The thermal network is modeled along with the electrical network to utilize its regulation capability, while TES is introduced as an additional flexibility resource. The detailed cost models of combined heat and power (CHP) units and TES are presented to realize the objective of minimizing the overall operating cost. The performance of TES in improving wind power utilization is firstly validated by using an electrical boiler (EB) as a benchmark and further analyzed under different scenarios considering the growths of wind power capacity, electrical load, and heat load. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated using real-world data obtained from the practical island microgrid.

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  • Huanhuan Luo & Weichun Ge & Jingzhuo Sun & Quanyuan Jiang & Yuzhong Gong, 2021. "Using Thermal Energy Storage to Relieve Wind Generation Curtailment in an Island Microgrid," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-15, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:10:p:2851-:d:555315
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