An improved energy management and control strategy for wind water pumping system

Abstract

This paper deals with an efficient method to ensure an optimal power flow in water pumping system based on renewable energy. In this context, this study aims to find a global supervisory strategy with an optimal adjustment of the DC-bus voltage enhancement. In the proposed study, a firefly algorithm is employed as the key optimizer of the supervisory power exchange in order to improve the different power flows exchanged among the system devices. The water pumping system (WPS) is made up of a wind turbine (WT) required as the principal renewable energy source associated to a battery energy storage system (BSS) to ensure the power supply continuity of a moto-pump system. The models of WPS units and the control strategy are developed using MATLAB software. The simulation results are provided to show the considerable improvement for the system as regards both of voltage stability and the feasibility of power management strategy.