Optimal Operating Strategies and Management for Smart Microgrid Systems
Publication: Journal of Energy Engineering
Volume 140, Issue 1
Abstract
Smart microgrid systems are distributed energy production systems intended to increase local renewable energy use and power supply reliability and lower transmission loss and carbon dioxide emissions. Optimal energy management operation strategies are essential to smart microgrid systems. This research formulates an optimization model for smart microgrid systems and establishes optimal operating strategies. The operating framework was tested on a smart microgrid system currently being developed at the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taiwan. The smart microgrid system is equipped with energy storage devices (batteries) as well as photovoltaic and wind power generation systems. Sensitivity analyses of electricity demand growth and storage device investment were conducted for the smart microgrid model. The results show that optimal battery investment should be determined based on battery efficiency, power supply, load, and the rate of load change.
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Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank the editors and anonymous referees for their thoughtful comments and suggestions. The authors are responsible for their opinions and errors. This research was funded by the National Science Council of Taiwan under Grant NSC–102–2313–B–002–054–MY3, NSC–100–2313–B–002–056, NSC–100–3113–E–009–003–CC2, and NSC–101–3113–E–009–001–CC2.
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Journal of Energy Engineering
Volume 140 • Issue 1 • March 2014
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Received: Jan 1, 2012
Accepted: Feb 13, 2013
Published online: Feb 15, 2013
Published in print: Mar 1, 2014
Discussion open until: May 13, 2014
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