Local energy micro-storage systems in smart communities with active, reactive and harmonic control

This paper aims to provide control strategies for distributed micro-storage energy systems at the residential level to contribute to smart grid goals. The operation of local Energy Storage Systems (ESS) at homes in a Smart Community with distributed generation based of renewable energies is analyzed by simulation. Each individual home receive the active and reactive power set-points from the Smart Community Energy Management System (SCEMS), acting as an aggregator of resources in the community according to the expected demand and production. Besides, in case the ESS has got available capacity, once the SCEMS requirements are satisfied, it is used to inject the harmonic current components demanded by the household circuitry. It allows a local improvement in the power quality of the demanded current, and so contributes to the global power quality consumption of the community. Simulation results showing the operation of the local ESS are presented to validate the proposed control strategies.