Electric Power ›› 2025, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (6): 145-155.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202405139

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Battery Optimization Operation Strategy for the "SOP-Storage-Charger" Devices Based on Adjustable Virtual Impedance

QIN Kun1(), QU Zhijiang1(), HAN Jianwei1(), XU Tao2(), GAO Feng2, CHI Xiaoli2   

  1. 1. State Grid Shandong Jining Electric Power Supply Co., Ltd., Jining 272000, China
    2. Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
  • Received:2024-05-31 Online:2025-06-30 Published:2025-06-28
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by Science and Technology Project of State Grid Shandong Electric Power Company (Research on Integrated Device and Operation Control Technology of "SOP-Storage-Charge" for High Proportion Photovoltaic Distribution Network, No.520606240004), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Optimized Operation of Multiple Grid-Tied Converters Based on Cordinated Control of Pulse Widthc Modulation, No.52207213).

Abstract:

The soft open points-storage-charger (SSC) device integrates flexible interconnection, energy storage, and charging functions, which can mitigate energy fluctuations in the distribution network. However, during its operation, the frequent utilization of energy storage resources leads to high-power charging and discharging of batteries, thereby affecting their lifespan. To address this issue, a battery optimization operation strategy for the SSC device based on adjustable virtual impedance is proposed. Firstly, the functions of flexible interconnection, energy storage, and charging are all equivalently modeled as virtual impedances. The various energy pathways during the energy fluctuation process in the distribution network are analyzed. By adjusting the virtual impedance, the fluctuating energy can be effectively managed. Based on this, considering the operational characteristics of the SSC device, control methods for the adjustable virtual impedance of each part are proposed, and the physical significance and design principles of key parameters are analyzed. Finally, an experimental platform is built based on a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) system to verify the theoretical results. The research demonstrates that the proposed method can mitigate voltage fluctuations in the distribution network while reducing the magnitude of charging and discharging currents in the energy storage system, thereby improving battery lifespan.

Key words: renewable energy distribution network, SOP-storage-charger device, energy storage, virtual impedance, battery lifespan, charging and discharging