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Real-Time Control of an Ensemble of Heterogeneous Resources

Bernstein, Andrey  
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Bouman, Niek
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Le Boudec, Jean-Yves  
2017
Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

This paper focuses on the problem of controlling an ensemble of heterogeneous resources connected to an elec- trical grid at the same point of common coupling (PCC). The controller receives an aggregate power setpoint for the ensemble in real time and tracks this setpoint by issuing individual optimal setpoints to the resources. The resources can have continuous or discrete nature (e.g., heating systems consisting of a finite number of heaters that each can be either switched on or off) and/or can be highly uncertain (e.g., photovoltaic (PV) systems or residential loads). A na¨ ıve approach would lead to a stochastic mixed-integer optimization problem to be solved at the controller at each time step, which might be infeasible in real time. Instead, we allow the controller to solve a continuous convex optimization problem and compensate for the errors at the resource level by using a variant of the well-known error diffusion algorithm. We give conditions guaranteeing that our algorithm tracks the power setpoint at the PCC on average while issuing optimal setpoints to individual resources. We illustrate the approach numerically by controlling a collection of batteries, PV systems, and discrete loads.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/CDC.2017.8263850
Author(s)
Bernstein, Andrey  
Bouman, Niek
Le Boudec, Jean-Yves  
Date Issued

2017

Published in
Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Start page

1401

End page

1406

Subjects

epfl-smartgrids

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smart grid

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intelligent building

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distibuted control

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
LCA2  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Melbourne, Australia

December 12-15, 2017

Available on Infoscience
August 17, 2017
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/139696
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