期刊
JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 220-232出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2017.07.016
关键词
Vanadium Redox Flow Battery; Charge-discharge characteristics; Self discharge; Dynamic optimal flow rate; Efficiency
资金
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Govt. of India
- IIEST, India
In this paper a MATLAB/Simulink based generalised electrical equivalent model of Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) has been proposed with an objective of interfacing VRFB with renewable energy sources. The impact of practical parameters like flow rate, self discharge, pump power loss and charge-discharge current profile has been considered for analysing VRFB performance. The model involves online estimation of VRFB stack terminal voltage and state of charge (SOC) under different constant current charge-discharge profiles. The accurate estimation of electrical characteristics of VRFB leads to a benchmark for selection of the design parameters of an efficient charge controller taking into account the variability of renewable energy sources. An optimal range of variable electrolyte flow rates for dynamic SOC has been estimated to design suitable flow rate controller. This ensures minimum VRFB system power consumption during charging and maximum power output during discharging which leads to maximum overall VRFB system efficiency. A generic MATLAB library has also been created for optimal design of any generalised VRFB system. A practical 20 Cell 1 kW 6 h VRFB system has been used for experimental validation of simulation results of the proposed model which shows a very good agreement having maximum error within 0.5% and 0.21% for VRFB cell terminal voltage estimation during charging and discharging respectively. The proposed model of the VRFB system is then applied for interfacing and investigating the performance of a 1 kW 6 h VRFB with a microgrid system comprising of 10 kW Solar PV, local loads and distribution grid. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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