Photovoltaic output power fluctuations smoothing by selecting optimal capacity of battery for a photovoltaic-diesel hybrid system

Electric Power Components and Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 621-644

  Datta, Manoj ^a   Senjyu, Tomonobu ^a   Yona, Atsushi ^a   Funabashi, Toshihisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b MEIDENSHA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

frequency deviation reduction; local search algorithm; optimal capacity of battery; photovoltaic power fluctuation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL METHODS; COST COMPARISONS; FREQUENCY DEVIATION; FREQUENCY DEVIATION REDUCTION; LOAD DATA; LOCAL SEARCH ALGORITHM; MAINTENANCE COST; OPTIMAL CAPACITY; OUTPUT POWER FLUCTUATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER; SEARCH ALGORITHMS; SIMULATION RESULT; STATE OF CHARGE;

CONTROL THEORY; HYBRID SYSTEMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 79958845244     PISSN: 15325008     EISSN: 15325016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325008.2010.536809     Document Type: Article

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