ESS Design and Installation Manual - VE.Bus Table of Contents 1. Safety instructions ................................................................................................................... 1 2. ESS introduction and features ..................................................................................................... 3 2.1. What is ESS? ................................................................................................................ 3 2.2. ESS features and capabilities .............................................................................................. 3 2.3.
When to use ESS ............................................................................................................ 5 2.4. When not to use ESS ....................................................................................................... 5 2.5. Components ................................................................................................................. 5 2.6. Minimum requirements ..................................................................................................... 6 3. System design ........................................................................................................................ 7 3.1.
Grid arrangement ............................................................................................................ 7 3.2. Single-phase or multiphase ................................................................................................ 8 3.3. Inverter/charger selection .................................................................................................. 8 3.4. Battery bank capacity ....................................................................................................... 8 3.5. Connecting PV ............................................................................................................... 9 3.6.
Feed-in ...................................................................................................................... 10 3.7. Anti-islanding ............................................................................................................... 11 3.8. Victron Click & Design .................................................................................................... 11 4. Installation ........................................................................................................................... 12 5. Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 13 5.1.
Update to latest firmware ................................................................................................. 13 5.2. VEConfigure / ESS Assistant ............................................................................................ 13 5.3. AC System ................................................................................................................. 15 5.4. Mode ........................................................................................................................ 16 5.5. Grid metering .............................................................................................................. 16 5.6.
Self-consumption from battery ........................................................................................... 17 5.7. Multiphase regulation ..................................................................................................... 17 5.8. Minimum SOC and Active SOC limit .................................................................................... 17 5.9. BatteryLife state ........................................................................................................... 18 5.10. Limit charge power ....................................................................................................... 18 5.11.
Limit inverter power ...................................................................................................... 19 5.12. Grid setpoint .............................................................................................................. 19 5.13. Grid feed-in ............................................................................................................... 20 5.14. Peak shaving ............................................................................................................. 20 5.15. Scheduled charge levels ................................................................................................ 22 5.16.
Dynamic ESS ............................................................................................................. 23 5.17. Opportunity Loads ....................................................................................................... 23 5.18. Solar charge controllers (SmartSolar or BlueSolar MPPT) .......................................................... 24 5.19. Zero and limited feed-in with PV inverters ............................................................................ 24 5.19.1. Fronius PV inverters ........................................................................................... 24 5.19.2.
ABB/FIMER PV inverters ..................................................................................... 25 5.19.3. Other PV inverters ............................................................................................. 25 6. Controlling depth of discharge .................................................................................................. 26 6.1. BatteryLife .................................................................................................................. 26 6.2. Dynamic cut-off ............................................................................................................ 27 6.3.
Sustain ...................................................................................................................... 28 6.4. Battery reason codes ..................................................................................................... 28 7. Multiphase regulation ............................................................................................................. 29 7.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 29 7.2. Single-phase system with a three-phase grid connection ............................................................ 29 7.3.
Three-phase system ...................................................................................................... 30 8. Commissioning ..................................................................................................................... 31 8.1. LED codes during ESS operation ....................................................................................... 32