Coordinated Collaboration between Heterogeneous Distributed Energy Resources

Abdollahy, Shahin; Lavrova, Olga; Mammoli, Andrea

doi:10.1155/2014/135106

Title: Coordinated Collaboration between Heterogeneous Distributed Energy Resources

Abstract

A power distribution feeder, where a heterogeneous set of distributed energy resources is deployed, is examined by simulation. The energy resources include PV, battery storage, natural gas GenSet, fuel cells, and active thermal storage for commercial buildings. The resource scenario considered is one that may exist in a not too distant future. Two cases of interaction between different resources are examined. One interaction involves a GenSet used to partially offset the duty cycle of a smoothing battery connected to a large PV system. The other example involves the coordination of twenty thermal storage devices, each associated with a commercial building. Storage devices are intended to provide maximum benefit to the building, but it is shown that this can have a deleterious effect on the overall system, unless the action of the individual storage devices is coordinated. A network based approach is also introduced to calculate some type of effectiveness metric to all available resources which take part in coordinated operation. The main finding is that it is possible to achieve synergy between DERs on a system; however this required a unified strategy to coordinate the action of all devices in a decentralized way.

Authors:

^[1]; Lavrova, Olga ^[1]; Mammoli, Andrea ^[2]

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Mechanical Engineering Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA

Publication Date:: Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2014

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1227906

Grant/Contract Number:: OE0000230; EPRI P.A. EP P32412 C 15054

Resource Type:: Journal Article: Published Article

Journal Name:: Journal of Solar Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Journal of Solar Energy Journal Volume: 2014; Journal ID: ISSN 2356-7635

Publisher:: Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Country of Publication:: Egypt

Language:: English

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  title        = {Coordinated Collaboration between Heterogeneous Distributed Energy Resources},

  author       = {Abdollahy, Shahin and Lavrova, Olga and Mammoli, Andrea},

  abstractNote = {A power distribution feeder, where a heterogeneous set of distributed energy resources is deployed, is examined by simulation. The energy resources include PV, battery storage, natural gas GenSet, fuel cells, and active thermal storage for commercial buildings. The resource scenario considered is one that may exist in a not too distant future. Two cases of interaction between different resources are examined. One interaction involves a GenSet used to partially offset the duty cycle of a smoothing battery connected to a large PV system. The other example involves the coordination of twenty thermal storage devices, each associated with a commercial building. Storage devices are intended to provide maximum benefit to the building, but it is shown that this can have a deleterious effect on the overall system, unless the action of the individual storage devices is coordinated. A network based approach is also introduced to calculate some type of effectiveness metric to all available resources which take part in coordinated operation. The main finding is that it is possible to achieve synergy between DERs on a system; however this required a unified strategy to coordinate the action of all devices in a decentralized way.},

  doi          = {10.1155/2014/135106},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1227906},
  journal      = {Journal of Solar Energy},

  issn         = {2356-7635},

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  volume       = 2014,

  place        = {Egypt},

  year         = {Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2014},

  month        = {Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2014}

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