A two-step optimization model for quantifying the flexibility potential of power-to-heat systems in dwellings
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Author(s)
Oluleye, OO
Allison, John
Hawker, Graeme
Kelly, Nick
Hawkes, Adam
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Coupling the electricity and heat sectors is receiving interest as a potential source of flexibility to help absorb surplus renewable electricity. The flexibility afforded by power-to-heat systems in dwellings has yet to be quantified in terms of time, energy and costs, and especially in cases where homeowners are heterogeneous prosumers. Flexibility quantification whilst accounting for prosumer heterogeneity is non-trivial. Therefore in this work a novel two-step optimization framework is proposed to quantify the potential of prosumers to absorb surplus renewable electricity through the integration of air source heat pumps and thermal energy storage. The first step is formulated as a multi-period mixed integer linear programming problem to determine the optimal energy system, and the quantity of surplus electricity absorbed. The second step is formulated as a linear programming problem to determine the price a prosumer will accept for absorbing surplus electricity, and thus the number of active prosumers in the market.A case study of 445 prosumers is presented to illustrate the approach. Results show that the number of active prosumers is affected by the quantity of absorbed electricity, frequency of requests, the price offered by aggregators and how prosumers determine the acceptable value of flexibility provided. This study is a step towards reducing the need for renewable curtailment and increasing pricing transparency in relation to demand-side response.
Date Issued
2018-10-15
Date Acceptance
2018-06-17
Citation
Applied Energy, 2018, 228, pp.215-228
ISSN
0306-2619
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
215
End Page
228
Journal / Book Title
Applied Energy
Volume
228
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/)
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Grant Number
150847 - EP/N021479/1
Subjects
09 Engineering
14 Economics
Energy
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-06-23