Optimal Energy Management within a Microgrid: A Comparative Study

In this work, we focus on optimal energy management within the context of the tertiary control of a microgrid operating in grid-connected mode. Specifically, the optimal energy management problem is solved in a unified way by using the optimal power flow (OPF) and day-ahead concepts. The elements co...

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Main Authors: Polanco Vasquez, Luis Orlando, Carreño Meneses, Cristian Andrés, Pizano Martínez, Alejandro, López Redondo, Juana, Pérez García, Manuel, Álvarez Hervás, José Domingo
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author Polanco Vasquez, Luis Orlando
Carreño Meneses, Cristian Andrés
Pizano Martínez, Alejandro
López Redondo, Juana
Pérez García, Manuel
Álvarez Hervás, José Domingo
author_facet Polanco Vasquez, Luis Orlando
Carreño Meneses, Cristian Andrés
Pizano Martínez, Alejandro
López Redondo, Juana
Pérez García, Manuel
Álvarez Hervás, José Domingo
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description In this work, we focus on optimal energy management within the context of the tertiary control of a microgrid operating in grid-connected mode. Specifically, the optimal energy management problem is solved in a unified way by using the optimal power flow (OPF) and day-ahead concepts. The elements considered in the microgrid are a photovoltaic panel, a wind turbine, electric vehicles, a storage system, and a point of common coupling with the main grid. The aim of this paper consists of optimizing the economic energy dispatch within the microgrid considering known predictions of electricity demand, solar radiation, and wind speed for a given period of time. The OPF is solved using three different algorithms provided by the optimization toolbox of MATLAB® (R2015a, MathWorks®, Natick, MA, USA): the interior point method (IP), a hybrid genetic algorithm with interior point (GA-IP), and a hybrid direct search with interior point (patternsearch-IP). The efficiency and effectiveness of the algorithms to optimize the energy dispatch within the microgrid are verified and analyzed through a case study, where real climatological data of solar irradiance, wind speed in Almería city, photovoltaic system data, and room load from a bioclimatic building were considered.
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spelling oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-73642023-10-27T12:24:34Z Optimal Energy Management within a Microgrid: A Comparative Study Polanco Vasquez, Luis Orlando Carreño Meneses, Cristian Andrés Pizano Martínez, Alejandro López Redondo, Juana Pérez García, Manuel Álvarez Hervás, José Domingo microgrid optimal power flow distributed power system energy management In this work, we focus on optimal energy management within the context of the tertiary control of a microgrid operating in grid-connected mode. Specifically, the optimal energy management problem is solved in a unified way by using the optimal power flow (OPF) and day-ahead concepts. The elements considered in the microgrid are a photovoltaic panel, a wind turbine, electric vehicles, a storage system, and a point of common coupling with the main grid. The aim of this paper consists of optimizing the economic energy dispatch within the microgrid considering known predictions of electricity demand, solar radiation, and wind speed for a given period of time. The OPF is solved using three different algorithms provided by the optimization toolbox of MATLAB® (R2015a, MathWorks®, Natick, MA, USA): the interior point method (IP), a hybrid genetic algorithm with interior point (GA-IP), and a hybrid direct search with interior point (patternsearch-IP). The efficiency and effectiveness of the algorithms to optimize the energy dispatch within the microgrid are verified and analyzed through a case study, where real climatological data of solar irradiance, wind speed in Almería city, photovoltaic system data, and room load from a bioclimatic building were considered. 2020-01-16T10:50:29Z 2020-01-16T10:50:29Z 2018-08-19 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1996-1073 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7364 en https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/8/2167 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI
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optimal power flow
distributed power system
energy management
Polanco Vasquez, Luis Orlando
Carreño Meneses, Cristian Andrés
Pizano Martínez, Alejandro
López Redondo, Juana
Pérez García, Manuel
Álvarez Hervás, José Domingo
Optimal Energy Management within a Microgrid: A Comparative Study
title Optimal Energy Management within a Microgrid: A Comparative Study
title_full Optimal Energy Management within a Microgrid: A Comparative Study
title_fullStr Optimal Energy Management within a Microgrid: A Comparative Study
title_full_unstemmed Optimal Energy Management within a Microgrid: A Comparative Study
title_short Optimal Energy Management within a Microgrid: A Comparative Study
title_sort optimal energy management within a microgrid: a comparative study
topic microgrid
optimal power flow
distributed power system
energy management
url http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7364
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