Systems and methods for managing power generation and storage resources
First Claim
1. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions configured to cause a computing device to perform operations for power system management, the operations comprising:
- modeling energy trajectory characteristics of respective energy storage units, comprising charging, discharging, and ramping constraints of the respective energy storage units;
determining a schedule for the energy storage units during an operating period of the power system, the schedule comprising;
configuring the energy storage units to selectively draw power from the power system and supply power to the power system at designated times during the operating period;
adapting the schedule for the energy storage units to balance a net load forecast for the operating period and generation trajectories of power generating units scheduled to supply power to the power system during the operating period; and
configuring the energy storage units to operate in accordance with the determined schedule during the operating period.
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Abstract
An operating configuration for a power system during a particular time period may be derived from a net load forecast for the power system during the particular time period. The operating configuration may be based on inter-temporal and/or continuous-time characteristics of the net load forecast. A power system manager may schedule power generation and/or energy storage units to satisfy the net load forecast at minimal cost. The power generation and/or energy storage units may be scheduled in accordance with inter-temporal and/or continuous-time characteristics of the net load. The schedule may comply with generation trajectory and/or ramping constraints of the power generating units, power trajectory and/or ramping constraints of the energy storage units, and so on.
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18 Claims
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1. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions configured to cause a computing device to perform operations for power system management, the operations comprising:
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modeling energy trajectory characteristics of respective energy storage units, comprising charging, discharging, and ramping constraints of the respective energy storage units; determining a schedule for the energy storage units during an operating period of the power system, the schedule comprising; configuring the energy storage units to selectively draw power from the power system and supply power to the power system at designated times during the operating period; adapting the schedule for the energy storage units to balance a net load forecast for the operating period and generation trajectories of power generating units scheduled to supply power to the power system during the operating period; and configuring the energy storage units to operate in accordance with the determined schedule during the operating period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system, comprising:
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a computing device communicatively coupled to a plurality of energy storage units, the computing device comprising; a modeler configured to determine model continuous-time ramping trajectories of the energy storage units in a function space; a processor configured to; approximate nonlinear charging utility functions of the energy storage units in terms of first auxiliary variables of the function space, approximate nonlinear discharging cost functions of the energy storage units in terms of second auxiliary variables of the function space, and determine an optimal configuration of the energy storage units during an operating period by minimizing the nonlinear discharging cost functions of the energy storage units less the nonlinear charging utility functions of the energy storage units over the operating period; and a controller configured to operate the energy storage units in accordance with the determined optimal configuration during the operating period. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method for managing a power system, comprising:
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formulating a continuous-time optimal control problem comprising; a sum of generation cost functions of continuous-time generation trajectories of respective power generating units, discharge cost functions of continuous-time discharging trajectories of respective energy storage units, and charge utility functions of continuous-time charging trajectories of the respective energy storage units; and a continuous-time power balance constraint to balance a continuous-time net load trajectory with the generation, discharging, and charging trajectories; converting the continuous-time optimal control problem into a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) system; solving the MILP system to determine an optimal configuration of the power system over the operating period; and configuring the power system to operate in accordance with the optimal configuration during the operating period. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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