Hybrid simulation and optimization-based design and operation of integrated photovoltaic generation, storage units, and grid

Authored by Jiayun Zhao, Esfandyar Mazhari, Nurcin Celik, Ioannis G Kevrekidis, Seungho Lee, Larry Head

Date Published: 2011-01

DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2010.08.005

Sponsors: Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy (AzRISE)

Platforms: AnyLogic

Model Documentation: Other Narrative Mathematical description

Model Code URLs: Model code not found

Abstract

Unlike fossil-fueled generation solar energy resources are geographically distributed and highly intermittent which makes their direct control extremely difficult and requires storage units as an additional concern The goal of this research is to design and develop a flexible tool which will allow us to obtain (1) an optimal capacity of an integrated photovoltaic (PV) system and storage units and (2) an optimal operational decision policy considering the current and future market prices of the electricity The proposed tool is based on hybrid (system dynamics model and agent-based model) simulation and meta-heuristic optimization In particular this tool has been developed for three different scenarios (involving different geographical scales) where PV-based solar generators storage units (compressed-air-energy-storage (CAES) and super-capacitors) and grid are used in an integrated manner to supply energy demands Required data has been gathered from various sources including NASA and TEP(utility company) US Energy Information Administration National Renewable Energy Laboratory commercial PV panel manufacturers and publicly available reports The constructed tool has been demonstrated to (1) test impacts of several factors (e g demand growth efficiencies in PV panel and CAES system) on the total cost of the integrated generation and storage system and an optimal mixture of PV generation and storage capacity and to (2) demonstrate an optimal operational policy (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved
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Control Grid Capacity planning Compressed-air energy storage Photovoltaic Renewable