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Development of Energy Management System for Micro Grid Operation

by S. Jayaprakash^1,*, B. Gopi², Murugananth Gopal Raj³, S. Sujith⁴, S. Deepa⁵, S. Swapna⁶

1 School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Muthayammal Engineering College (Autonomous), Rasipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ahalia School of Engineering and Technology, Kozhipara, Palakkad, Kerala, India
4 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala, India
5 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
6 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GRT Institute of Engineering and Technology, Tiruttani, Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India

* Corresponding Author: S. Jayaprakash. Email:

Computer Systems Science and Engineering 2023, 45(3), 2537-2551. https://doi.org/10.32604/csse.2023.032038

Received 04 May 2022; Accepted 16 June 2022; Issue published 21 December 2022

Abstract

The introduction of several small and large-scale industries, malls, shopping complexes, and domestic applications has significantly increased energy consumption. The aim of the work is to simulate a technically viable and economically optimum hybrid power system for residential buildings. The proposed micro-grid model includes four power generators: solar power, wind power, Electricity Board (EB) source, and a Diesel Generator (DG) set, with solar and wind power performing as major sources and the EB supply and DG set serving as backup sources. The core issue in direct current to alternate current conversion is harmonics distortion, a five-stage multilevel inverter is employed with the assistance of an intelligent control system is simulated and the optimum system configuration is estimated to reduce harmonics and improve the power quality. The monthly demand for residential buildings is 13–15 Megawatts. So, almost 433 Kilo-Watts (KW) of electricity is required every day, and if it is used for 8 h per day, 50–60 KW of electricity is needed per hour. The overall micro-grid model’s operation and performance are established using MATLAB/SIMULINK software, and simulation results are provided. The simulation results show that the developed system is both cost-effective and environment friendly resulting in yearly cost reductions.

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