A Design Approach for SoC Integration With Voltage Restoration Capability for Redundancy-Based DC Microgrids

The article presents a secondary voltage control design for an Energy Management System (EMS) in a redundancy-based dc microgrid (MG) through a fuzzy-based approach, suitable for vehicles, aircraft, and medical centers with sensitive loads. Two battery energy storage system (BESS) units serve as com...

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Main Authors: Thales Augusto Fagundes, Raphael Sauer de Castro, Marcio Von Rondow Campos, Bruno Meneghel Zilli, Lucas Jonys Ribeiro Silva, Josep M. Guerrero, Ricardo Quadros Machado
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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author Thales Augusto Fagundes
Raphael Sauer de Castro
Marcio Von Rondow Campos
Bruno Meneghel Zilli
Lucas Jonys Ribeiro Silva
Josep M. Guerrero
Ricardo Quadros Machado
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Raphael Sauer de Castro
Marcio Von Rondow Campos
Bruno Meneghel Zilli
Lucas Jonys Ribeiro Silva
Josep M. Guerrero
Ricardo Quadros Machado
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description The article presents a secondary voltage control design for an Energy Management System (EMS) in a redundancy-based dc microgrid (MG) through a fuzzy-based approach, suitable for vehicles, aircraft, and medical centers with sensitive loads. Two battery energy storage system (BESS) units serve as common inputs for the redundancy-based dc MG, comprising a cascaded bidirectional Cuk converter (CBC) connected to an auxiliary cascaded bidirectional Boost converter (CBB). The CBC acts as the primary electronic solution, while the CBB enhances reliability by maintaining operation in case of a CBC failure. Furthermore, a Fuel Cell (FC) is linked to the main dc-link of the CBC by a Boost converter. The key contribution lies in the fuzzy-based voltage restoration for the EMS, integrating SoC equalization via S-shaped functions, even during BESS, FC, or CBC maintenance. As the EMS operates as a current source-based system, voltage variations on the dc-link are expected. However, after fuzzy-based restoration, the voltage deviation remains below 2% and the operational efficiency exceeds 90%. Stability analysis is conducted using Lyapunov’s indirect method, and the proposed approach is supported by experimental results obtained through SpeedGoat and dSPACE platform interactions.
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spelling doaj-art-8b89d5b23f99457fba88d726d4a754e02025-08-22T23:17:28ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society2644-12842025-01-0161248126810.1109/OJIES.2025.359683811119412A Design Approach for SoC Integration With Voltage Restoration Capability for Redundancy-Based DC MicrogridsThales Augusto Fagundes0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9569-2342Raphael Sauer de Castro1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7067-5885Marcio Von Rondow Campos2https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9030-6025Bruno Meneghel Zilli3https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3601-6858Lucas Jonys Ribeiro Silva4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1970-2398Josep M. Guerrero5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5236-4592Ricardo Quadros Machado6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2995-1005Sao Carlos School of Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, BrazilSao Carlos School of Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, BrazilSao Carlos School of Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, BrazilUniversity of Technology—Paraná, Guarapuava, BrazilSao Carlos School of Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, BrazilCenter for Research on Microgrids (CROM), AAU Energy, Aalborg University, Aalborg East, DenmarkSao Carlos School of Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, BrazilThe article presents a secondary voltage control design for an Energy Management System (EMS) in a redundancy-based dc microgrid (MG) through a fuzzy-based approach, suitable for vehicles, aircraft, and medical centers with sensitive loads. Two battery energy storage system (BESS) units serve as common inputs for the redundancy-based dc MG, comprising a cascaded bidirectional Cuk converter (CBC) connected to an auxiliary cascaded bidirectional Boost converter (CBB). The CBC acts as the primary electronic solution, while the CBB enhances reliability by maintaining operation in case of a CBC failure. Furthermore, a Fuel Cell (FC) is linked to the main dc-link of the CBC by a Boost converter. The key contribution lies in the fuzzy-based voltage restoration for the EMS, integrating SoC equalization via S-shaped functions, even during BESS, FC, or CBC maintenance. As the EMS operates as a current source-based system, voltage variations on the dc-link are expected. However, after fuzzy-based restoration, the voltage deviation remains below 2% and the operational efficiency exceeds 90%. Stability analysis is conducted using Lyapunov’s indirect method, and the proposed approach is supported by experimental results obtained through SpeedGoat and dSPACE platform interactions.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11119412/Battery energy storage system (BESS)cascaded bidirectional Boost (CBB)cascaded bidirectional Cuk (CBC)fuzzy-based voltage secondary controlstate-of-charge (SoC) equalization
spellingShingle Thales Augusto Fagundes
Raphael Sauer de Castro
Marcio Von Rondow Campos
Bruno Meneghel Zilli
Lucas Jonys Ribeiro Silva
Josep M. Guerrero
Ricardo Quadros Machado
A Design Approach for SoC Integration With Voltage Restoration Capability for Redundancy-Based DC Microgrids
IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society
Battery energy storage system (BESS)
cascaded bidirectional Boost (CBB)
cascaded bidirectional Cuk (CBC)
fuzzy-based voltage secondary control
state-of-charge (SoC) equalization
title A Design Approach for SoC Integration With Voltage Restoration Capability for Redundancy-Based DC Microgrids
title_full A Design Approach for SoC Integration With Voltage Restoration Capability for Redundancy-Based DC Microgrids
title_fullStr A Design Approach for SoC Integration With Voltage Restoration Capability for Redundancy-Based DC Microgrids
title_full_unstemmed A Design Approach for SoC Integration With Voltage Restoration Capability for Redundancy-Based DC Microgrids
title_short A Design Approach for SoC Integration With Voltage Restoration Capability for Redundancy-Based DC Microgrids
title_sort design approach for soc integration with voltage restoration capability for redundancy based dc microgrids
topic Battery energy storage system (BESS)
cascaded bidirectional Boost (CBB)
cascaded bidirectional Cuk (CBC)
fuzzy-based voltage secondary control
state-of-charge (SoC) equalization
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11119412/
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