Modified State-of-Charge Balancing Control of Modular Multilevel Converter with Integrated Battery Energy Storage System

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Yajun Ma¹  Zuyao Ze¹  Hua Lin¹  Zhe Wang¹ 

[1] State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;

关键词: battery energy storage system (BESS);    modular multilevel converter (MMC);    state-of-charge (SOC) balancing control;    tolerance for battery power unbalance;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en12010096

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Modular multilevel converter with integrated battery energy storage system (MMC-BESS) has been proposed for energy storage requirements in high-voltage applications. The state-of-charge (SOC) equilibrium of batteries is essential for BESS to guarantee the capacity utilization. However, submodule voltage regulation can lead to over-modulation of individual submodules, which will limit the efficiency of SOC balancing control. Focusing on this problem, a modified SOC balancing control method with high efficiency is proposed in this paper. The tolerance for battery power unbalance is defined to quantize the convergence of SOC balancing control. Both the DC component and AC component are considered while regulating submodule voltage. The linear programming method is introduced to realize the maximum tolerance for battery power unbalance in different operation modes. Based on the analysis, by choosing appropriate submodule voltage regulation method, the efficiency of SOC balancing control is improved greatly. In addition, the SOC controller is also optimally designed to avoid over-modulation of submodules. Finally, the detailed simulation and experiment results verify the effectiveness of the analysis and proposed control strategy.

【 授权许可】

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