Practical approximations and heuristic approaches for managing shiftable loads in the multi-period optimal power flow framework

•Investigation of residential shiftable loads (SLs) flexibility for grid operators•Large-scale multi-period optimal power flow (MP-OPF) framework for SLs management•Complex non-convex mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) formulation of MP-OPF•Proposal of new practical approaches: an NLP appro...

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Published in:Electric power systems research Vol. 190; p. 106864
Main Authors: Avramidis, Iason-Iraklis, Capitanescu, Florin, Deconinck, Geert
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.01.2021
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Algorithms
Building automation
Electricity distribution
Feeders
Flexibility
Heuristic
Heuristic methods
Mixed integer
mixed-integer nonlinear programming
multi-period optimal power flow
Nonlinear programming
Power flow
residential flexibility
shiftable loads
Smart buildings
smart buildings
mixed-integer nonlinear programming
residential flexibility
shiftable loads
multi-period optimal power flow
ISSN:0378-7796, 1873-2046
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Summary:•Investigation of residential shiftable loads (SLs) flexibility for grid operators•Large-scale multi-period optimal power flow (MP-OPF) framework for SLs management•Complex non-convex mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) formulation of MP-OPF•Proposal of new practical approaches: an NLP approximation and heuristic algorithms•Efficient (speed-wise and solution quality-wise) performance of proposed approaches The presence of smart buildings (SBs) is expected to grow manifold in the next decade, leading to both challenges and opportunities in managing increasingly “active” distribution systems. SBs are host to a number of devices and technologies capable of providing residential flexibility in order to maintain acceptable operating conditions within the distribution system. A prevalent class of devices with significant potential for flexibility provision are shiftable loads (SLs), which represent a large amount of potential SB-provided flexibility. However, the accurate modelling of SLs within the multi-period optimal power flow (MP-OPF) framework results in complex non-convex mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problems. For realistic feeders, MINLP problems are intractable and hence require some heuristic form of circumvention. This work evaluates the limitations of the MINLP formulation and proposes new practical alternatives, namely a flexible NLP approximation and a multi-faceted heuristic algorithm. The proposed approaches are generic and applicable for any problem size or type of SL, while they are shown to work efficiently, both speed-wise and solution-quality-wise, outperforming state-of-the-art MINLP solvers. A simple scoring and ranking scheme is also proposed in order to make a direct comparison between the different approaches.
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ISSN:0378-7796
1873-2046
DOI:10.1016/j.epsr.2020.106864