Title :
The value of IT for virtual power plants with micro cogeneration systems
Author :
Houwing, Michiel ; Ilic, Marija
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Technol., Policy & Manage., Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft
Abstract :
Micro cogeneration technology (micro-CHP) is expected to be an important novel residential heating technology for the future in certain countries around the world. The interesting aspect of micro-CHP is that it is a controllable distributed generation technology. This paper provides novel conceptual insight into how micro-CHP systems can be controlled aggregatedly in virtual power plants (VPPs). Cost benefits for VPPs can be achieved through ´economies of intelligence´ with the help of intelligent control schemes.
Keywords :
cogeneration; distributed power generation; intelligent control; power engineering computing; power generation control; controllable distributed generation technology; intelligent control; microcogeneration systems; residential heating technology; virtual power plants; Cogeneration; Control systems; Costs; Distributed control; Economic forecasting; Environmental economics; Intelligent control; Investments; Power generation; Power generation economics; demand response; distributed energy resources (DERs); intelligent control; micro cogeneration; virtual power plants (VPPs);
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2008. SMC 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2383-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1062-922X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2008.4811241
