Abstract
In microgrid projects, social ownership involves aspects beyond their operation that may compromise the sustainability of the system. For this reason, the development of analysis methods to assess the feasibility and impact during the design stages of these solutions is of growing interest. Recent studies have proposed methods that allow an individual analysis of technological components and social behaviors. However, a complete evaluation of the performance and the impact of these projects should allow the simultaneous evaluation of the behavior of these subsystems, allowing the analysis of their interactions and effects in a dynamic way. Accordingly, this paper presents simulation and emulation models to evaluate the impact of a microgrid in isolated communities. These models contemplate sublevels that consider the energetic, automation and computational aspects in the microgrids and a multi-agent system (MAS) that is used to study the environmental and economic impact of the microgrid through the evolution of certain indicators. The socio-technological interdependence in the operation of the isolated microgrid is analyzed through the integration of the microgrid emulation platform with the MAS. Our approach includes a comprehensive study of the performance of these projects in specific communities, in order to contribute to the design and implementation, considering the technological, economic, environmental, and social impacts.
Highlights
IntroductionThe implementations on non-interconnected zones can be expensive, without advantages, logistically difficult, requiring extensive development times, and affecting the community from several socio-economic and environmental perspectives [1,2,3]
The increasing energy demand, associated with the continuous economic development, has inspired the development of new energy systems, such as the microgrid, that integrate multiple energy sources and are reconfigured quickly to respond to changes in its operation.the implementations on non-interconnected zones can be expensive, without advantages, logistically difficult, requiring extensive development times, and affecting the community from several socio-economic and environmental perspectives [1,2,3]
In this work simulation and emulation models were presented which integrate three different sublevels of an isolated microgrid: computational, energy, and automation. These models enable the integrated study of the performance of these systems, as well as the effects in their operation in the computational support. This integration is something new in this proposal, because in addition to enabling the analysis of electrical parameters in the microgrid, it is possible to evaluate the effects that computational support can generate on its performance
Summary
The implementations on non-interconnected zones can be expensive, without advantages, logistically difficult, requiring extensive development times, and affecting the community from several socio-economic and environmental perspectives [1,2,3]. This is due to the absence of analyses of these variables that could compromise the innovation and sustainability of these solutions [4]. There is a need for these systems to satisfy requirements associated with aspects technical, economic, social, and environmental sustainability [5,6,7,8,9,10,11]. There are isolated communities in which, due to cultural reasons, may reject technology or external influence [12]; or communities in which, due to their lifestyle and history, these technologies are not well received and used [13]
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