Research Article

A Shunt DC Electric Spring-Based Control Strategy for Real-Time Critical and Noncritical Load Management in DC Microgrid

Table 1

The system parameters for simulation.

S. noParametersValues

1PV parameters
Open circuit voltage (Vpv)38.6 V
Short circuit current (ipv)8.93 A
Voltage at MPP (Vmp)31.6 V
Current at MPP (Imp)8.21 A
Power at MPP (Pmp)259.4 W

2DCES parameters
DCES voltage (Vdces)24 V
DCES Ah capacity17 Ah
DCES inductance (Ld)2.2 mH
DCES capacitance (Cd)230 µF
Switching frequency (fsw)20 kHz

3Load parameters
Critical load resistance (RCL)20 Ω
No critical load resistance (RNCL)20 Ω
Nominal load power0.5 kW
Bus (Vbus)48 V