Research Article

Optimization of Switching Control and Microgrid Energy Management System with Alternate Arm Converter Based on Bacterial Foraging Algorithm

Table 4

Design parameters of the proposed configuration.

ParametersValues

Number of solar cells per module96
Number of series-connected solar modules per string183
Number of parallel strings of solar modules1500
Wind speed12 m/s
Wind power70 MW
Wind generator voltage10,000 V
DC voltage (Vdc)10,000 V
Converter AC voltage (Vac)10 kV
Arm inductor (Lu and Ll)100 μH
Cell capacitance (Ccell)4 mF
Cell voltage (Vcell)1.5 kV
No. of cell in arm (Ncell)9
No. of series director switch (Ndir)5
Snubber capacitance (Csn)0.5 µF
Snubber resistance (Rsn)5 kΩ
Switching frequency (fs)15 kHz
Battery voltage10.5 kV
Batter rating5000 Ah