Flexible power point tracking aided power ramp rate control for photovoltaic systems with small energy storage capacity

• Main Authors: Yan, Hein Wai, Liang, Gaowen, Beniwal, Neha, Rodriguez, Ezequiel, Farivar, Glen G., Pou, Josep
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Electric power::Production, transmission and distribution; Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Power electronics; Flexible Power Point Tracking; Photovoltaic; Power Ramp Rate Control; Power Smoothing; Energy Storage System
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172011
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation inherently fluctuates due to erratic weather conditions. Although an energy storage system (ESS) can effectively mitigate these fluctuations, conventional methods require a large ESS capacity to control both increasing and decreasing rates of PV power change....