Community Microgrid Planning Considering Building Thermal Dynamics

Xiaohu Zhang, Desong Bian, Di Shi, Zhiwei Wang, Guodong Liu

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Abstract

In this paper, the building thermal dynamic characteristics are introduced in the community microgrid (MG) planning model. The proposed planning model is formulated as a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) which seeks to determine the optimal deployment strategy for various distributed energy resources (DER). The objective is to minimize the annualized cost of community MG, including investment cost in DER, operation cost for dispatchable fuel-generators (DFG), energy storage system (ESS) degradation cost, energy purchasing and peak demand charge at PCC, customer discomfort cost due to the room temperature deviation and load curtailment cost. Given the slow thermal dynamic characteristics of buildings, the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system in the proposed model is treated as a demand side management (DSM) component, whose dispatch commands are provided by the central MG controller. Numerical results based on a community MG comprising of 20 residential buildings demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed planning model and the benefits of introducing the building thermal dynamic model.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationiSPEC 2019 - 2019 IEEE Sustainable Power and Energy Conference
Subtitle of host publicationGrid Modernization for Energy Revolution, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1953-1958
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728149301
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2019
Event2019 IEEE Sustainable Power and Energy Conference, iSPEC 2019 - Beijing, China
Duration: Nov 21 2019Nov 23 2019

Publication series

NameiSPEC 2019 - 2019 IEEE Sustainable Power and Energy Conference: Grid Modernization for Energy Revolution, Proceedings

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE Sustainable Power and Energy Conference, iSPEC 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period11/21/1911/23/19

Funding

This work is supported by SGCC Science and Technology Program under project Hybrid Energy Storage Management Platform for Integrated Energy System.

FundersFunder number
SGCC Science and Technology Program

    Keywords

    • Community MG planning
    • HVAC
    • MILP
    • thermal dynamic model

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