Energies 2019, 12(1), 195; https://doi.org/10.3390/en12010195
A Two-Step Framework for Energy Local Area Network Scheduling Problem with Electric Vehicles Based on Global–Local Optimization Method
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School of Energy and Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
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State Grid Beijing Electric Power Company, Beijing 100031, China
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School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Received: 27 November 2018 / Revised: 23 December 2018 / Accepted: 1 January 2019 / Published: 8 January 2019
Abstract
To reduce the fluctuation of renewable energy (RE) supply and improve the economic efficiency of the power grid, the energy local area network (ELAN), which is a subnetwork of the energy internet (EI), plays an important role in specific regions. Electric vehicles (EVs), as virtual energy storage (VES) in ELANs, are helpful to decrease the fluctuations of RE supply. However, how to use EVs in ELANs is a complex issue, considering the uncertainties of EVs’ charging demand, the forecast data errors of RE sources, etc. In this paper, a typical ELAN structure is established, taking into account RE sources, load response system, and a distributed energy storage (DES) system including EVs. A two-step optimization framework for ELAN scheduling problem is proposed. A global optimization model based on forecast data is built to maximize the income of ELAN, and an online local optimization model is introduced to minimize the correction cost utilizing prior knowledge. Finally, the proposed two-step optimization framework is applied to a series of real-world ELAN scheduling problems. The results show that DES system with EVs can reduce the volatility of RE supply evidently, and the proposed method is able to maximize the income of the ELAN efficiently. View Full-TextKeywords:
energy local area network scheduling; virtual energy storage; two-step optimization framework; day-ahead scheduling strategy; online local optimization; prior knowledge
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