A Robust Model for Daily Operation of Grid-connected Microgrids During Normal Conditions

Document Type : Research Note

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Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Microgrids (MGs) are designed to be able to serve hosting critical load in island-mode during major events. However, during normal condition when they are in grid-connected mode, MGs may have opportunity to achieve monetary profits through optimizing operation of energy resources and their participation in wholesale markets. This paper proposes a model to optimize MGs participation in the markets and operation of energy resources. Since MGs usually host renewable energy resources, making decision without considering the uncertainties may prone MGs to risk. So, the model considers uncertainties associated with generation of renewable DGs, demand, and market prices via robust optimization technique. The model is a max-min problem which is modelled as a bi-level optimization problem. The problem is solved in two iterative steps. In the first step, a genetic algorithm (GA) is applied to obtain the worst case wherein uncertain parameters are determined such that MG profit is minimized. Then, a mixed-integer linear problem is solved to maximize the profit over MG decision variables considering the values determined in the first step. The steps are iterated to converge to the best solution. To verify performance of the approach, it is applied to a typical MG and the results are reported.

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Scientia Iranica
Volume 28, Issue 6 - Serial Number 6
Transactions on Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering (D)
November and December 2021
Pages 3480-3491

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  • Receive Date: 28 March 2018
  • Revise Date: 15 May 2019
  • Accept Date: 21 July 2019

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