Stochastic operating strategies have proven to achieve cheaper resource scheduling both in large power systems and microgrids, but suffer from high computational requirements with respect to traditional deterministic approaches; therefore, using stochastic formulations in advanced infra-daily operating strategies is quite challenging, especially in isolated energy systems with limited computational assets. This paper proposes a dispatching methodology for microgrids based on a novel two-stage formulation that decomposes the stochastic problem into several deterministic subproblems, whose solutions are afterwards aggregated by the aggregator using simulations and a cost-based rule. In the first stage, every subproblem is solved, then each optimal dispatching is simulated in the second stage to evaluate the corresponding expected operating cost, which is used by the aggregator to select the final optimal scheduling. When compared to traditional methods for a rural microgrid in Uganda, the proposed approach not only achieves interesting savings in operational costs, up to 5%, but also sharply reduces the computational requirements, even more than 5–100 times with respect to traditional stochastic approaches. The paper also proposes a review and first classification of this kind of methodologies, to highlight the novelties of the approach.

A novel stochastic method to dispatch microgrids using Monte Carlo scenarios

Fioriti D.;Poli D.
2019-01-01

Abstract

Stochastic operating strategies have proven to achieve cheaper resource scheduling both in large power systems and microgrids, but suffer from high computational requirements with respect to traditional deterministic approaches; therefore, using stochastic formulations in advanced infra-daily operating strategies is quite challenging, especially in isolated energy systems with limited computational assets. This paper proposes a dispatching methodology for microgrids based on a novel two-stage formulation that decomposes the stochastic problem into several deterministic subproblems, whose solutions are afterwards aggregated by the aggregator using simulations and a cost-based rule. In the first stage, every subproblem is solved, then each optimal dispatching is simulated in the second stage to evaluate the corresponding expected operating cost, which is used by the aggregator to select the final optimal scheduling. When compared to traditional methods for a rural microgrid in Uganda, the proposed approach not only achieves interesting savings in operational costs, up to 5%, but also sharply reduces the computational requirements, even more than 5–100 times with respect to traditional stochastic approaches. The paper also proposes a review and first classification of this kind of methodologies, to highlight the novelties of the approach.
2019
Fioriti, D.; Poli, D.
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