Hybrid AC and DC smart home resilient architecture Transforming prosumers in UniRCons

Mihai Sanduleac, Mihaela Albu, Lucian Toma, João Martins, Anabela Gonçalves Pronto, Vasco Delgado-Gomes

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Abstract

Todays technological developments are drivers for new solutions towards massive renewables deployments resulting in increased network challenges. The paper presents a new approach for prosumers having such a local PV production and storage devices which allows, with adequate design, the user to change from classic prosumer to consumer-only from grid perspective, with enhanced efficiency and resilience based on a hybrid (AC and DC) architecture. Three use-cases are presented: PV behind the meter, PV and storage behind the meter and a newly proposed UniRCon (Unidirectional Resilient Consumer) architecture. This use-cases analysis considers four timeline horizons (2018, 2020, 2022, and 2025). It is shown for the selected profiles of consumption and production that PV plus storage behind the meter bring savings, as recognized and expected by today trend of business-cases, and that the complete UniRCon architecture steps in even with more savings together with higher resilience against the grid outages. The UniRCon solution gives also better ramp behaviour during the evening period, compared with the duck curve expected to challenge power systems with high PV penetration.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation: Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management Beyond 2020: New Challenges, New Approaches, ICE/ITMC 2017 - Proceedings
EditorsJ. P. Mendonça , R. Jardim-Gonçalves , J. Martins, A. Zarli, M. Marques, M. Pallot
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages1572-1577
Number of pages6
Volume2018-January
ISBN (Electronic)9781538607749
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Feb 2018
Event23rd International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, ICE/ITMC 2017 - Madeira Island, Portugal
Duration: 27 Jun 201729 Jun 2017

Conference

Conference23rd International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, ICE/ITMC 2017
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityMadeira Island
Period27/06/1729/06/17

Keywords

  • hybrid AC and DC
  • net metering
  • resilience
  • UniRCon

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