Energy Storage for Sustainable Microgrid

A concise guide to the design and operation of sustainable microgrid applications with a focus on the critical issue of the interaction of storage and microgrid technology

David Wenzhong Gao (Author)

9780128033746

Paperback, published 30 July 2015

152 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.1 cm, 0.18 kg

Energy Storage for Sustainable Microgrid addresses the issues related to modelling, operation and control, steady-state and dynamic analysis of microgrids with ESS. This book discusses major electricity storage technologies in depth along with their efficiency, lifetime cycles, environmental benefits and capacity, so that readers can envisage which type of storage technology is best for a particular microgrid application.This book offers solutions to numerous difficulties such as choosing the right ESS for the particular microgrid application, proper sizing of ESS for microgrid, as well as design of ESS control systems for proper interfacing with the microgrid.

Foreword1. Basic Concepts and Control Architecture of Microgrids2. Applications of ESS in Renewable Energy Microgrids3. Interfacing Between an ESS and a Microgrid4. Coordinated Frequency Regulation of BESS with Renewable Generation in Microgrid (Hosted on the companion Website at http://booksite.elsevier.com/97801280337465. Sizing of Energy Storage Systems for Microgrids

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Energy conversion & storage [THRH], Energy technology & engineering [TH], Materials science [TGM]