An Optimal Dispatch Algorithm for Managing Residential Distributed Energy Resources

Author

Karami, Hamidreza ; Sanjari, M.J. ; Hosseinian, Seyed Hossein ; Gharehpetian, G.B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Amirkabir Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran

Volume

5

Issue

5

fYear

2014

fDate

Sept. 2014

Firstpage

2360

Lastpage

2367

Abstract

This paper deals with a residential hybrid thermal/ electrical grid-connected home energy system, including a fuel-cell with combined heat and power (CHP) and a battery as energy storage system (ESS). A day-ahead scheduling algorithm for managing different resources is developed to generate an efficient look-up table that determines an optimal operation schedule for the distributed energy resources at each time interval, so that the operation cost of a smart house is minimized. The impact of the electricity tariff and the efficiency of the energy storage system are considered when optimizing the operation schedules.

Keywords

building management systems; cogeneration; cost reduction; distributed power generation; fuel cells; home automation; power generation dispatch; power generation economics; power generation scheduling; power grids; power markets; power system interconnection; renewable energy sources; secondary cells; thermal energy storage; CHP; ESS; battery; combined heat and power; day-ahead scheduling algorithm; electricity tariff; energy storage system; fuel cell; look-up table; operation cost minimization; optimal dispatch algorithm; optimal operation scheduling; residential distributed energy resources management; residential hybrid thermal-electrical grid connected home energy system; smart house; Batteries; Cogeneration; Energy storage; Fuel cells; Optimization; Battery efficiency; combined heat and power (CHP) system; electricity tariff; scheduling optimization; smart home;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1949-3053

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TSG.2014.2325912

Filename

6878479