Optimization and Power Management of Solar PV-based Integrated Energy System for Distributed Green Hydrogen Production
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https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.3741Keywords:
Solar photovoltaic, battery, electrolyzer, grid, DC-DC converter, optimization, power management and control.Abstract
Photovoltaic-based integrated energy systems act as a possible modern technological solution for clean and affordable green hydrogen production. However, research attempts are required from the scientific community to develop power management, control, optimization algorithms, and new techniques for these integrated energy systems effective and economical operation. The integrated energy system considered in this work consists of a solar photovoltaic, battery, grid and proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer. PEM electrolyzer with a power rating of 100 kW is modelled as a controlled current sink to interfere with the DC bus directly. This work proposes a power management and control algorithm for the photovoltaic-based integrated energy system considering different parameters like availability of solar photovoltaic power, DC link voltage, battery state of charge (SOC), tariff and availability of grid power. Effective power-sharing among the different power sources increases system reliability and stability. Optimization is performed for optimal sizing and costing to achieve economical operation such that these photovoltaic-based integrated energy systems become affordable and are encouraged for wide use. The photovoltaic system operates at the maximum power point through a neural network-based control strategy; in addition to this, stacking in neural network topologies is also discussed for improving system accuracy in tracking the reference voltage for MPPT operation. The DC link voltage is controlled by interfacing the battery with the DC link via a bidirectional buck-boost power converter. The contribution of the work is to highlight the role of renewable energy sources for continuous green hydrogen production. Green hydrogen will be a critical driving force for the future transportation system, fuel cell-based power generation, and industries utilizing hydrogen in direct or indirect forms-that will help transition towards a carbon-free society. Optimization and time-domain simulation results indicated the economic and technical feasibility of the proposed photovoltaic-based integrated energy system for green hydrogen production with the best optimal configuration producing hydrogen at the cost of $ 4.806/kg and total net present cost of $749904.
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