Development and Control of Hybrid Battery-Supercapacitor Energy Storage System for Solar Power Applications

This project aims to design and develop hybrid battery-supercapacitor energy storage system (HESS) for solar power systems. It involves the development of advanced real-time control for a grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants supported by the proposed HESS. In addition, capacity optimization and advanced predictive control of the HESS within a variety of physical constraints and limitations will be investigated. Income maximization and superior solar power plant performance will be delivered, including technologies to enable the plants to trade in the national electricity market. The benefit will be optimal capital and operating cost of the plant. Consequently, this new technology will enable the integration of solar power plants into Kingdoms energy mix as a cost-effective electricity generation and as a sustainable solution with the highest possible power quality. Also, the methodology is quite general and can easily be extended to develop an energy storage system suitable for use in emerging Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Hybrid EVs.