Bi-Level Optimization Scheduling Strategy for PIES Considering Uncertainties of Price-Based Demand Response
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Park-Level Integrated Energy System
3. Uncertainties of PLDR
3.1. Essential Loads (Els)
3.2. Reducible Loads and Transferable Loads
3.3. Substitutable Loads
3.4. The System’s Total Load Demand Considering Dynamic Pricing
4. Bi-Level Optimization Scheduling Model for PIES
4.1. The Upper-Level Price Decision Model
4.2. The Lower-Level Park Energy Supply Decision Model
4.3. Constraints
- (1)
- Pricing constraints
- (2)
- User constraints
- (3)
- Load transfer rate constraint
- (4)
- Constraints on energy supply
4.4. Evaluation Indicators
- (1)
- Total cost: calculated by (18).
- (2)
- User satisfaction: user satisfaction is a comprehensive evaluation formed by users based on their actual experience after using the electric heating and gas services.
- (3)
- Carbon emission
- (4)
- Peak-valley difference rate
5. Case Study
5.1. Comparative Analysis Across Multiple Cases
5.2. Upper-Level Price Decision Analysis
5.3. Load Demand Response and Energy Supply Decision Analysis
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Equipment | Capacity/kW | Energy Conversion Efficiency/% | Maintenance Price/yuan/kW |
Combined heat and power | 1500 | 35 (Gas-to-Electricity) 50 (Gas-to-Heat) | 0.05 |
Gas-fired boiler | 1000 | 75 | 0.03 |
Electrical boiler | 600 | 80 | 0.03 |
Storage battery | 300 | 90 | 0.02 |
Appendix B
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--- | Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 |
---|---|---|---|
Operating cost (yuan) | 26,500 | 22,246 | 22,829 |
Demand response compensation cost (yuan) | 0 | 4152 | 2046 |
Wind and solar power curtailment penalties (yuan) | 4217 | 229 | 9 |
Total cost (yuan) | 30,717 | 26,627 | 24,880 |
Carbon emission (kg) | 39,979 | 32,194 | 18,391 |
User satisfaction (%) | - | 83.61 | 86.94 |
Before Price Decision | After Price Decision | |
---|---|---|
average electricity price (yuan) | 0.5583 | 0.5783 |
average natural gas price (yuan) | 0.7 | 0.6559 |
user energy purchase cost (yuan) | 35,787 | 33,745 |
average electricity price (yuan) | 0.5583 | 0.5783 |
Case 4 | Case 5 | Case 6 | Case 3 | |
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Total cost (yuan) | 27,949 | 29,459 | 26,951 | 24,880 |
Improvement percentage (%) | 9.01 | 4.10 | 12.26 | 19.00 |
User satisfaction (%) | 74.16 | 72.54 | 81.78 | 86.94 |
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Chen, X.; Lei, J.; Zhang, X. Bi-Level Optimization Scheduling Strategy for PIES Considering Uncertainties of Price-Based Demand Response. Symmetry 2025, 17, 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym17010043
Chen X, Lei J, Zhang X. Bi-Level Optimization Scheduling Strategy for PIES Considering Uncertainties of Price-Based Demand Response. Symmetry. 2025; 17(1):43. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym17010043
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Xiaoyuan, Jiazhi Lei, and Xiangliang Zhang. 2025. "Bi-Level Optimization Scheduling Strategy for PIES Considering Uncertainties of Price-Based Demand Response" Symmetry 17, no. 1: 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym17010043
APA StyleChen, X., Lei, J., & Zhang, X. (2025). Bi-Level Optimization Scheduling Strategy for PIES Considering Uncertainties of Price-Based Demand Response. Symmetry, 17(1), 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym17010043