Energy management and control of photovoltaic and storage systems in active distribution grids
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Journal Article
Abstract
The evolution of power distribution grids from passive to active systems creates reliability and efficiency challenges to the distribution system operators. In this paper, an energy management and control scheme for managing the operation of an active distribution grid with prosumers is proposed. A multi-objective optimization model to minimize (i) the prosumers electricity cost and (ii) the cost of the grid energy losses, while guaranteeing safe and reliable grid operation is formulated. This is done by determining the active and reactive power set-points of the photovoltaic and storage systems integrated in the grid buildings. The resulting optimization model is non-convex, thus a convex second-order cone program is developed by appropriately relaxing the non-convex constraints which yields optimal results in most operating conditions. The convexified model is further utilized to develop an algorithm that yields feasible solutions to the non-convex problem under any operating conditions. Moreover, a second novel algorithm to find the operating point that provides fairness between the prosumers and the grid costs is proposed. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed scheme in managing an industrial distribution grid compared to a self-consumption approach.
Date Issued
2022-05-01
Date Acceptance
2021-10-03
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2022, 37 (3), pp.1956-1968
ISSN
0885-8950
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
1956
End Page
1968
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Volume
37
Issue
3
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Engineering
Reactive power
Costs
Buildings
Reliability
Optimization
Inverters
Energy management
Convex relaxation
energy management
optimization
power flow constraints
reactive power support
smart distribution grids
voltage control
BATTERY STORAGE
OPTIMIZATION
DISPATCH
GENERATION
OPERATION
CAPACITY
FLOW
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2021-10-08