Optimization of Multi-microgrid System Operation Cost with Different Energy Management Tools in the Presence of Energy Storage System

Abstract

— Given the increasing capacity of distributed generation and renewable resources, how to use this capacity and proper energy management will be a major challenge for low-capacity networks such as microgrids. With the help of peripherals tools, an arrangement can be made to achieve a more desirable result in the energy management system (EMS). Storage resources and at a higher level, the storage module is used as one of these tools in the subsystems of the EMS. In this article, in addition to taking advantage of the connection of several microgrids to each other and reducing interactions with the main network, by using the storage module and other related tools, the cost of providing energy to a cluster of microgrids is reduced to the lowest possible value. By implementing a mathematical model based on mixed-integer linear programming, the best program for generation resources obtains in such a way that the cost of energy supply reduces to the minimum value. The study results have been analyzed in two case studies; a modified laboratory microgrid and the IEEE 33-bus distribution network. Although different solvers in Gams will provide almost similar answers, the optimal answer was found by the Cplex solver.