Abstract
Distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) are being deployed in feeders with high distributed energy resource (DER) penetration to provide visibility of DERs and enable DER control strategies for grid operators. DERMS can support centralized grid controls by aggregating individual DER information into a single virtual DER model. This codebase creates algorithms for a DERMS platform that are able to aggregate a set of DERs that can be modeled as batteries, create a virtual battery model for centralized grid controls, and dispatch power setpoints to the individual DERs based on a desired virtual power setpoint received from the centralized grid control. It integrates with existing co-simulation frameworks and models for buildings, DERs, and distribution systems. While the DERMS is designed to work with batteries, it can be used with any DER that can be defined by a generalized battery model.
- Developers:
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Blonsky, Michael [1] ; Lin, Yashen [1]
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Release Date:
- 2021-06-23
- Project Type:
- Open Source, Publicly Available Repository
- Software Type:
- Scientific
- Programming Languages:
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Python
- Licenses:
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BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
- Sponsoring Org.:
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USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies OfficePrimary Award/Contract Number:AC36-08GO28308
- Code ID:
- 60841
- Site Accession Number:
- SWR-21-85
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Country of Origin:
- United States
Citation Formats
Blonsky, Michael, and Lin, Yashen.
Virtual Battery Aggregator (Virtual Battery Aggregator for Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems).
Computer Software.
https://github.com/NREL/virtual-battery-aggregator.
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office.
23 Jun. 2021.
Web.
doi:10.11578/dc.20210712.1.
Blonsky, Michael, & Lin, Yashen.
(2021, June 23).
Virtual Battery Aggregator (Virtual Battery Aggregator for Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems).
[Computer software].
https://github.com/NREL/virtual-battery-aggregator.
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20210712.1.
Blonsky, Michael, and Lin, Yashen.
"Virtual Battery Aggregator (Virtual Battery Aggregator for Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems)." Computer software.
June 23, 2021.
https://github.com/NREL/virtual-battery-aggregator.
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20210712.1.
@misc{
doecode_60841,
title = {Virtual Battery Aggregator (Virtual Battery Aggregator for Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems)},
author = {Blonsky, Michael and Lin, Yashen},
abstractNote = {Distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) are being deployed in feeders with high distributed energy resource (DER) penetration to provide visibility of DERs and enable DER control strategies for grid operators. DERMS can support centralized grid controls by aggregating individual DER information into a single virtual DER model. This codebase creates algorithms for a DERMS platform that are able to aggregate a set of DERs that can be modeled as batteries, create a virtual battery model for centralized grid controls, and dispatch power setpoints to the individual DERs based on a desired virtual power setpoint received from the centralized grid control. It integrates with existing co-simulation frameworks and models for buildings, DERs, and distribution systems. While the DERMS is designed to work with batteries, it can be used with any DER that can be defined by a generalized battery model.},
doi = {10.11578/dc.20210712.1},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20210712.1},
howpublished = {[Computer Software] \url{https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20210712.1}},
year = {2021},
month = {jun}
}