IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, cilt.36, ss.2319-2329, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)
Nowadays, DC microgrids are preferred
in the field of renewable energy. The autonomous DC microgrids aim to provide smooth
power flow from renewables to loads. While satisfying certain load profiles and
sustaining the power as the desired level, the control of power converters is considerable.
To ascend the resilience of DC microgrids, battery storage systems (BSSs) are
also used as a backup unit for supplying uninterrupted power. The main task of BSSs
is to compensate for the lack of power when the load is higher than supplied
power or store the surplus of power in case that the load demand is less than
the extracted power. In other words, by draining and storing the power, BSSs
help to increase the flexibility of the system and keep the main DC bus voltage
within acceptable bounds. This study introduces artificial intelligence
(AI)-based method to diminish the number of implemented sensors and control
power converters without reducing efficiency. In this paper, artificial neural
networks (ANNs) as a subset of AI are exploited. Diminishing the number of
sensors in the control layer makes the system more reliable. To validate the effectiveness
of the proposed system, phases of ANNs’
simulations are performed
in MATLAB/Simulink.