Wouters, C;
Fraga, ES;
James, AM;
(2017)
A multi-objective framework for cost-unavailability optimisation of residential distributed energy system design.
Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks
, 9
pp. 104-117.
10.1016/j.segan.2017.01.002.
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Abstract
Future energy systems are expected to include distributed energy systems (DES) and microgrids (MG) at the distribution level. These energy efficient environments enable participating consumers to locally generate and share both electrical and thermal energy. Apart from the potential for a more cost-efficient energy system design, improved system availability is also increasingly put forward as a major advantage of MGs. This paper proposes a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) approach for the design of a neighbourhood-based energy system, considering the trade-off between total annualised cost and electrical system unavailability. System design is optimised to meet the yearly neighbourhood energy demands by selecting technologies and interactions from a pool of dispatchable and renewable poly-generation and storage alternatives. The availability implementation employs a Markov chain approach combined with logic-gate integer programming. The Pareto trade-off sets of on- and off-grid MG modes are obtained using a weighted-sum approach. The developed model is subsequently applied to an Australian case-study. The sought after trade-off “knee” points for each Pareto curve are hereby identified. Additionally, through comparing on- and off-grid design trade-offs, the need for component redundancy for systems with islanding capabilities is analysed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A multi-objective framework for cost-unavailability optimisation of residential distributed energy system design |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.segan.2017.01.002 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2017.01.002 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This manuscript version is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher. |
| Keywords: | Dependability; distributed generation; Logic-gate integer programming; Markov state space analysis; microgrid; mixed-integer linear programming |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Engineering Science Faculty Office |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1536306 |
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