DEMAND-SUPPLY PLANNING DEVICE, DEMAND-SUPPLY PLANNING METHOD, DEMAND-SUPPLY PLANNING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20160125339A1
• Filed: 06/26/2013
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2013
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: ITAYA, Nobuhiko
• Application Number:
  US14/896,575
• Publication Number:
  US 20160125339A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0202 Market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/64 The condition being economic, e.g. tariff based load management
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/003 Load forecast, e.g. methods or systems for forecasting future load demand
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/004 Generation forecast, e.g. methods or systems for forecasting future energy generation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/14 by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/32 using batteries with converting means
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/14 Marketing, i.e. market research and analysis, surveying, promotions, advertising, buyer profiling, customer management or rewards

Abstract

A demand-supply planning device includes: a power demand predicting unit that predicts power demand; an expected rebate value predicting unit that calculates an expected profit value per unit amount of reduced power based on an occurrence probability of a demand response and a rebate value to be acquired through the demand response; and an optimal operation plan creating unit that sets an addition result of a first cost for power purchase, a second cost for power generation in power generators and storage batteries, and a multiplication result of the expected profit value and reserve power, which is an amount of power capable of being further generated by the power generators and the storage batteries after an amount of power supplied satisfying the power demand is generated, as an evaluation function and determines an operation plan of the reserve power and the power generators and the storage batteries.

Claims

1. A demand-supply planning device comprising:

a power demand predicting unit that performs prediction of power demand;

an expected profit value predicting unit to calculate an expected profit value per unit amount of reduced power based on an occurrence probability of a demand response and a rebate value to be acquired through the demand response; and

an optimal operation plan creating unit to set a result of subtracting a multiplication result of the expected profit value and reserve power, which is an amount of power capable of being further generated by the power supply facility after an amount of power supplied satisfying the power demand is generated from an addition result of a first cost for power purchase, a second cost for power generation by a power supply facility, as an evaluation function, and to determine the reserve power and an operation plan of the power supply facility so as to satisfy the power demand with an amount of power purchased and the amount of power generated by the power supply facility, to satisfy a constraint condition of the power supply facility when the reserve power is generated, and to minimize the evaluation function.

2. The demand-supply planning device according to claim 1, wherein the power demand predicting unit and the optimal operation plan creating unit perform prediction of the power demand and determination of the operation plan for each first cycle, and

wherein the demand-supply planning device further comprises:

a power demand correcting unit correcting the power demand per second cycle which is shorter than the first cycle; and

a definite operation plan creating unit that corrects the operation plan to create a definite operation plan according to the corrected power demand and the determination result as to whether the demand response should be performed for each second cycle.

3. The demand-supply planning device according to claim 2, further comprising a facility control unit that controls the power supply facility according to the definite operation plan.

4. The demand-supply planning device according to claim 1, wherein the power supply facility includes a power generator,

the second cost includes, when power is generated by the power generator, a multiplication result of a fuel cost per unit amount of power generated and an amount of power generated by the power generator, and

wherein the expected profit value of the power generator is calculated by multiplying a value, which is obtained by subtracting the fuel cost per unit amount of power generated when power is generated by the power generator from the rebate value per unit amount of reduced power to be acquired through the demand response, by the occurrence probability.

5. The demand-supply planning device according to claim 1, wherein the power supply facility includes a storage battery,

the second cost includes a multiplication result of a power purchase unit cost when the storage battery is charged, a charging-discharging loss of the storage battery, and an amount of power discharged from the storage battery, and

wherein the expected profit value of the storage battery is calculated by multiplying a value, which is obtained by subtracting the multiplication result of the power purchase unit cost and the charging-discharging loss of the storage battery when the storage battery is charged from the rebate value per unit amount of reduced power to be acquired through the demand response, by the occurrence probability.

6. A demand-supply planning method comprising:

predicting power demand;

predicting expected profit value by calculating an expected profit value per unit amount of reduced power based on an occurrence probability of a demand response and a rebate value to be acquired through the demand response; and

creating optimal operation plan by setting a result of subtracting a multiplication result of the expected profit value and reserve power, which is an amount of power capable of being further generated by the power supply facility after an amount of power supplied satisfying the power demand is generated from an addition result of a first cost for power purchase, a second cost for power generation by a power supply facility, as an evaluation function, and determining the reserve power and an operation plan of the power supply facility so as to satisfy the power demand with an amount of power purchased and the amount of power generated by the power supply facility, to satisfy a constraint condition of the power supply facility when the reserve power is generated, and to minimize the evaluation function.

8. A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program that causes a computer to execute the demand-supply planning method according to claim 6.

7. (canceled)