What is Bess & how does it work?

In the first mode (during normal operation of the network) the BESS is controlled to provide reduction of power losses, mitigation of voltage deviation and reactive power support. The provision of the reactive power support may be activated only if such support is required in the network.

Does Bess provide a reactive power support?

The BESS provided a reactive power support which helped in improving the power system voltage profile as seen in Fig. 27. In a situation where the reactive power support is not required, it could be deactivated, and the reactive power provided during the 10 s will be zero as evident in Fig. 28.

What are the models of Bess control system?

Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of BESS control system (Alhejaj and Gonzalez-Longatt, 2016). There are five submodels of this control unit. These are the battery model, the power converter model, the charge controller model, the PQ controller model and the frequency controller model.

How much power is lost if Bess is placed on different buses?

Initially, the total power losses in the test model without BESS is 26.08 MW. However, when it is connected to different buses in the test system, the power losses changed as summarized in Table 15. Fig. 29 shows a comparison of the power losses when BESS is placed on each of the buses in the studied test model.