Ramp rate consideration of a BESS using active power control for PV generation

Ramp rate consideration of a BESS using active power control for PV generation is proposed in this paper. Battery energy storage system (BESS) in ac microgrid is used in this research. The design of controller is verified by PSIM 9.0 under unstable of solar energy each day. This paper presents the output power control of PV generation by using BESS, which help to compensate active power to fulfill output of active power from PV generation. This paper presents optimal method to smooth active power curve and compares with traditional moving average method in ramp rate control. The validation result is verified by data from ac microgrid. The design of controller consists of profile from PV generation profile of real time microgrid application. The simulation results show that proposed ramp rate control could reduced BESS equipment size and also compensate active power of PV generation in ac microgrid.