Optimal energy management strategy for a renewable‐based microgrid considering uncertainty

ABSTRACT

Today, the use of renewable energy is increasing rapidly due to the reduction of pollution and the optimal use of available energy. Microgrids (MGs) are used as systems to control and exploit various resources and loads. Due to the connection of different resources in MGs, control and operation of this system are complex and important. In this paper, the optimal utilization of MGs is presented by considering various parameters including production sources, different loads and energy storage. In this paper for energy management in systems with various MGs, we aim to apply the multi-objective optimization algorithm to obtain the optimal energy management in MG, while simultaneously satisfying pollution and economic objectives. The multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) method and non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) are used to solve the problem and their results are compared. Various factors are considered in the cost function including operation cost, losses, pollution and other operation characteristics. Using multi-objective optimization functions considering cost functions and various constraints ensures optimal operation of the MG. Simulation results verify various models and effectiveness of the proposed methods. Simulation results show that using NSGA-II for scheduling DG resources gives more optimal results in terms of reducing operation cost and losses such that considering operation cost and pollution cost using NSGA-II reduces operation cost and losses by 10% and 4%, respectively.

KEYWORDS:

• Microgrid
• optimization algorithm
• renewable resources
• energy storage

Disclosure statement

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