Bidirectional DC/DC converters such as the Split-pi can be used to integrate an energy storage system (ESS) into a DC microgrid providing manifold benefits. However, this integration deserves careful design because the ESS converter must behave like a stiff voltage generator, a non-stiff voltage generator, or a current generator depending on the microgrid configuration. Part I of this work presented a comprehensive theoretical analysis of the Split-pi used as an ESS converter in all the possible DC microgrid scenarios. Five typical microgrid scenarios were identified. Each of them required a specific state-space model of the Split-pi and a suitable control scheme. The present paper completes the study validating the theoretical analysis based on simulations and experimental tests. The chosen case study encompassed a 48 V, 750 W storage system interfaced with a 180 V DC microgrid using a Split-pi converter. It can represent a reduced-power prototype of terrestrial and marine microgrids. A prototypal Split-pi converter was realized in the lab, and several experimental tests were performed to assess the performance in each scenario. The results obtained from the experimental tests were coherent with the simulations and validated the study.

Luna M., Sferlazza A., Accetta A., Piazza M.C.D., La Tona G., Pucci M. (2021). Modeling and performance assessment of the split-pi used as a storage converter in all the possible dc microgrid scenarios. Part II: Simulation and experimental results. ENERGIES, 14(18), 1-21 [10.3390/en14185616].

Modeling and performance assessment of the split-pi used as a storage converter in all the possible dc microgrid scenarios. Part II: Simulation and experimental results

Sferlazza A.;
2021-09-07

Abstract

Bidirectional DC/DC converters such as the Split-pi can be used to integrate an energy storage system (ESS) into a DC microgrid providing manifold benefits. However, this integration deserves careful design because the ESS converter must behave like a stiff voltage generator, a non-stiff voltage generator, or a current generator depending on the microgrid configuration. Part I of this work presented a comprehensive theoretical analysis of the Split-pi used as an ESS converter in all the possible DC microgrid scenarios. Five typical microgrid scenarios were identified. Each of them required a specific state-space model of the Split-pi and a suitable control scheme. The present paper completes the study validating the theoretical analysis based on simulations and experimental tests. The chosen case study encompassed a 48 V, 750 W storage system interfaced with a 180 V DC microgrid using a Split-pi converter. It can represent a reduced-power prototype of terrestrial and marine microgrids. A prototypal Split-pi converter was realized in the lab, and several experimental tests were performed to assess the performance in each scenario. The results obtained from the experimental tests were coherent with the simulations and validated the study.
7-set-2021
Settore ING-INF/04 - Automatica
Luna M., Sferlazza A., Accetta A., Piazza M.C.D., La Tona G., Pucci M. (2021). Modeling and performance assessment of the split-pi used as a storage converter in all the possible dc microgrid scenarios. Part II: Simulation and experimental results. ENERGIES, 14(18), 1-21 [10.3390/en14185616].
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