Paper Info
Title
Nested evolutionary algorithms for joint structure design and operation of micro-grids under variable electricity prices scenarios
Abstract
This paper proposes to tackle the structure design and operation of a Micro-Grid in a jointly way, by means of a novel nested Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) approach. Specifically, in an scenario of variable electricity prices in an hourly basis, we apply different EAs, nested, to obtain optimal values for the sizing of generators and Energy Storage System (ESS), also to obtain the optimal values for each access tariff periods (structure part of the MG), and ESS scheduling (operational part of the MG). The proposed nested EAs starts from an initial solution for the ESS scheduling given by a deterministic approach (DA algorithm), from which an initial structure part is obtained by means of a first evolution. This part is set, and a different EA is then applied to obtain an improved ESS scheduling, which will be set to apply a different EA for the structure part. This scheme is applied in a sequential fashion for a number of evolutions. We will show that the proposed evolution scheme is able to obtain excellent results in terms of MG design, better than those by a single EA with the same number of function evaluations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/INISTA.2015.7276735
2015 International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications (INISTA)
Keywords
Field
DocType
nested evolutionary algorithms,joint structure design,joint structure operation,microgrids,variable electricity prices scenarios,EA,variable electricity prices,energy storage system,ESS scheduling,deterministic approach,DA algorithm
Energy storage,Mathematical optimization,Evolutionary algorithm,Electricity,Scheduling (computing),Computer science,Sizing,Photovoltaic system,Deterministic system (philosophy),Encoding (memory)
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
R. Mallol-Poyato1101.90
Silvia Jiménez-Fernández2295.46
Laura Cornejo-Bueno3103.45
P. Díaz-Villar411.04
Sancho Salcedo-Sanz558071.21