Authors:
Maurice G. C. Bosman
;
Albert Molderink
;
Vincent Bakker
;
Gerard Smit
and
Johann L. Hurink
Affiliation:
University of Twente, Netherlands
Keyword(s):
Unit commitment, Smart grids, Column generation.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications
;
Artificial Intelligence
;
Decision Analysis
;
Decision Support Systems
;
Energy and Environment
;
Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Mathematical Modeling
;
Methodologies and Technologies
;
Operational Research
;
Optimization
;
Pattern Recognition
;
Resource Allocation
;
Software Engineering
;
Symbolic Systems
Abstract:
This paper focuses on the planning of electricity resources in the developing electricity infrastructure. First we model the existing infrastructure and extend this model to a smart grid infrastructure, where we focus on the large scale introduction of small electricity generators, leading to generation possibilities at both ends of the electricity network. Then the traditional Unit Commitment Problem (UCP) is given. We extend this formulation to the Multilevel Unit Commitment Problem (MUCP), where we describe and include the possibilities that arise in the developing smart grid, in a general way. Based on the characteristics of the problem with its subdivision into different levels, a planning method for the MUCP is described. Finally we solve and analyze a scenario, where a fleet of 5000 houses is added to a small collection of power plants.