Energy Storage System Analysis Review for Optimal Unit Commitment
Energy storage systems (ESSs) are essential to ensure continuity of energy supply and maintain the reliability of modern power systems. Intermittency and uncertainty of renewable generations due to fluctuating weather conditions as well as uncertain behavior of load demand make ESSs an integral part...
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doaj-b91e87f1633c496c8de4b3f6de33feaf2020-11-24T22:07:34ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732019-12-0113115810.3390/en13010158en13010158Energy Storage System Analysis Review for Optimal Unit CommitmentHarun Or Rashid Howlader0Oludamilare Bode Adewuyi1Ying-Yi Hong2Paras Mandal3Ashraf Mohamed Hemeida4Tomonobu Senjyu5Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, JapanGraduate School of Science and Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, JapanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan 32023, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas, El Paso, TX 79968, USAFaculty of Energy Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan 81528, EgyptGraduate School of Science and Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, JapanEnergy storage systems (ESSs) are essential to ensure continuity of energy supply and maintain the reliability of modern power systems. Intermittency and uncertainty of renewable generations due to fluctuating weather conditions as well as uncertain behavior of load demand make ESSs an integral part of power system flexibility management. Typically, the load demand profile can be categorized into peak and off-peak periods, and adding power from renewable generations makes the load-generation dynamics more complicated. Therefore, the thermal generation (TG) units need to be turned on and off more frequently to meet the system load demand. In view of this, several research efforts have been directed towards analyzing the benefits of ESSs in solving optimal unit commitment (UC) problems, minimizing operating costs, and maximizing profits while ensuring supply reliability. In this paper, some recent research works and relevant UC models incorporating ESSs towards solving the abovementioned power system operational issues are reviewed and summarized to give prospective researchers a clear concept and tip-off on finding efficient solutions for future power system flexibility management. Conclusively, an example problem is simulated for the visualization of the formulation of UC problems with ESSs and solutions.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/1/158energy storage systemspower system flexibility managementrenewable energy generationsload levelingoptimal unit commitment |
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Energy Storage System Analysis Review for Optimal Unit Commitment |
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Energy storage systems (ESSs) are essential to ensure continuity of energy supply and maintain the reliability of modern power systems. Intermittency and uncertainty of renewable generations due to fluctuating weather conditions as well as uncertain behavior of load demand make ESSs an integral part of power system flexibility management. Typically, the load demand profile can be categorized into peak and off-peak periods, and adding power from renewable generations makes the load-generation dynamics more complicated. Therefore, the thermal generation (TG) units need to be turned on and off more frequently to meet the system load demand. In view of this, several research efforts have been directed towards analyzing the benefits of ESSs in solving optimal unit commitment (UC) problems, minimizing operating costs, and maximizing profits while ensuring supply reliability. In this paper, some recent research works and relevant UC models incorporating ESSs towards solving the abovementioned power system operational issues are reviewed and summarized to give prospective researchers a clear concept and tip-off on finding efficient solutions for future power system flexibility management. Conclusively, an example problem is simulated for the visualization of the formulation of UC problems with ESSs and solutions. |
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