LAPSE:2023.27313
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LAPSE:2023.27313
Optimal Renewable Resource Allocation and Load Scheduling of Resilient Communities
Jing Wang, Kaitlyn Garifi, Kyri Baker, Wangda Zuo, Yingchen Zhang, Sen Huang, Draguna Vrabie
April 4, 2023
This paper presents a methodology for enhancing community resilience through optimal renewable resource allocation and load scheduling in order to minimize unserved load and thermal discomfort. The proposed control architecture distributes the computational effort and is easier to be scaled up than traditional centralized control. The decentralized control architecture consists of two layers: The community operator layer (COL) allocates the limited amount of renewable energy resource according to the power flexibility of each building. The building agent layer (BAL) addresses the optimal load scheduling problem for each building with the allowable load determined by the COL. Both layers are formulated as a model predictive control (MPC) based optimization. Simulation scenarios are designed to compare different combinations of building weighting methods and objective functions to provide guidance for real-world deployment by community and microgrid operators. The results indicate that the impact of power flexibility is more prominent than the weighting factor to the resource allocation process. Allocation based purely on occupancy status could lead to an increase of PV curtailment. Further, it is necessary for the building agent to have multi-objective optimization to minimize unserved load ratio and maximize comfort simultaneously.
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load scheduling, mixed-integer linear program, Model Predictive Control, optimal operation, renewable resource allocation, resilient community
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Wang J, Garifi K, Baker K, Zuo W, Zhang Y, Huang S, Vrabie D. Optimal Renewable Resource Allocation and Load Scheduling of Resilient Communities. (2023). LAPSE:2023.27313
Author Affiliations
Wang J: Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 1111 Engineering Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Garifi K: Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 425 UCB #1B55, Boulder, CO 80309, USA [ORCID]
Baker K: Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 1111 Engineering Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, 027 UCB Suite N321, Boulder, CO 80309, USA [ORCID]
Zuo W: Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 1111 Engineering Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver W Pkwy, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Zhang Y: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver W Pkwy, Golden, CO 80401, USA [ORCID]
Huang S: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99354, USA
Vrabie D: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99354, USA
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Energies
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13
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21
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E5683
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2020
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2020-10-30
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1996-1073
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