Title
A Multilevel Approach for the Optimal Control of Distributed Energy Resources and Storage
Abstract
An approach is proposed to deal with distributed energy resources, renewables and storage devices connected to microgrids. Specifically, a multilevel architecture is introduced and evaluated for the following main purposes: to reduce the computational complexity, to deal with different decentralized microgrids, different decision makers, and multiple objectives. A two-level decision architecture based on a Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme is presented, in which the upper decision level has the function of fixing the values of a certain set of parameters (reference values), by assuming a certain structure of the control strategies to be applied at the lower decision level. On the basis of such parameters, each decision maker at the lower level solves its own optimization problem by tracking the reference values provided by the upper level. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated. The application of the proposed control architecture to a specific case study (Savona, Italy) is presented and discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/TSG.2014.2322260
Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
computational complexity,distributed power generation,optimal control,optimisation,power generation control,predictive control,MPC scheme,computational complexity,control strategies,decision makers,distributed energy resources,distributed energy storage,microgrids,model predictive control,multilevel approach,multilevel architecture,optimal control,optimization problem,storage devices,two-level decision architecture,Distributed power generation,hierarchical systems,multilevel systems,optimal control,optimization,power systems,smart grids
Architecture,Mathematical optimization,Optimal control,Smart grid,Model predictive control,Electric power system,Control engineering,Distributed generation,Engineering,Optimization problem,Computational complexity theory
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
5
4
1949-3053
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
1.16
6
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Federico Delfino1178.01
Riccardo Minciardi28421.56
Fabio Pampararo3152.62
michela robba44012.90