Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2024, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (8): 2761-2771.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2024.0211

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Optimized operation of hybrid energy storage to enhance the performance of AGC with sloped gravity storage

Zheng LI1(), Julong CHEN1, Wenlin LI2(), Yu ZHANG1, Jierui YANG1, Sizhe CHEN2   

  1. 1.Power Grid Planning and Research Center of Guizhou Power Grid Co. , Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
    2.School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2024-03-12 Revised:2024-04-28 Online:2024-08-28 Published:2024-08-15
  • Contact: Wenlin LI E-mail:917471106@qq.com;liwenlinnb@163.com

Abstract:

Gravity energy storage has the advantages of high security, low cost, long life, no decay of stored energy, short construction cycle, and environmental friendliness, and it has broad application prospects in long-time large-capacity energy storage. However, the inherent power discrete and time lag characteristics of gravity energy storage lead to its poor performance when used in grid auxiliary services such as automatic generation control (AGC). To address this problem, this study proposes a hybrid energy storage optimization operation method to enhance the performance of ramp-type gravity energy storage AGC. First, the effects of power discrete and time lag characteristics of a ramped gravity energy storage on the tracking accuracy and speed of AGC commands are analyzed. Consequently, the configuration of the battery energy storage for gravity energy storage is proposed to construct a hybrid energy storage system and realize continuous and fast regulation of output power. The power optimization model of the hybrid energy storage system was established by considering the depreciation cost of the battery and the cost of the AGC deviation power penalty and by combining the safe operation requirements of gravity energy storage and the operation constraints of the battery energy storage. According to the operating characteristics of the hybrid energy storage system, a process framework for the optimization operation method was proposed, and a genetic algorithm for minimizing the AGC response cost was designed. The simulation results show that the optimized operation method proposed in this paper can significantly reduce the AGC response cost, thus solving the problem of poor AGC performance in ramped gravity energy storage systems.

Key words: gravity energy storage, hybrid energy storage, AGC response, optimized operation methods

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