- 1Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
- 2University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
The uncertainty of wind resources is one of the main reasons for wind abandonment. Considering the uncertainty of wind power prediction, a robust optimal dispatching model is proposed for the wind fire energy storage system with advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage (AA-CAES) technology. Herein, the operation constraints of the power plant and constraints of the reserved capacity are defined according to the operation characteristics of AA-CAES. Based on the limited scenario method, a solution framework is proposed to achieve the optimal robustness and economical operation of the system, which provides a new way for the application of the intelligent algorithm in the robust optimal dispatching. Specifically, a novel equilibrium optimization algorithm is employed to solve the optimal dispatching problem, which has good global search performance. The proposed solution is validated through simulations based on the IEEE-39 node system. The simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed dispatching model and the intelligent solver.
Introduction
Facing the challenge of global warming and energy crisis, wind power generation has been rapidly developed in recent years (Song et al., 2021b). In 2018, a significant growth of 51.3 GW was reached for the global installed capacity (Yang et al., 2021). However, due to the intermittence and uncertainty of wind power, its large-scale grid connection has brought a great challenge to the reliability of power system. Taking China as an example, the average wind abandonment rate in China was 4% in 2019. With the gradual increase of total installed capacity, the problem of wind abandonment has been increasingly prominent (Song et al., 2021a). In order to reduce the wind abandonment rate, the application of multiple energy complementary system and energy storage system has been widely concerned (Chen et al., 2022).
The application of energy storage system is one of the common methods to reduce the wind abandonment rate of wind farm. As a typical energy storage technology, conventional compressed air energy storage (C-CAES) has been widely used in integrated energy system. It was proved that the utilization of C-CAES can increase the flexibility of comprehensive energy system and improve economic benefits (Sedighizadeh et al., 2019). However, the application of C-CAES in the power system is limited, due to its high construction cost, low conversion efficiency and dependence on specific geographical conditions. As an improved energy storage mode of conventional one, advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage (AA-CAES) can store compression heat and has the advantages of high efficiency, long service life, low cost, and fast response.
At present, AA-CAES has been applied into the integrated energy system dispatching. The energy system dispatching model based on AA-CAES was studied, and its value was analyzed in monopoly power market, energy market and reserve market (Ding et al., 2019). Based on the heating and power supply characteristics of AA-CAES, it was proposed an optimal dispatching model of zero carbon emission microgrid integrated with AA-CAES (Rui et al., 2016). This series of research verified the effectiveness of AA-CAES system in the integrated energy system, and provided potential dispatching schemes for the integrated energy system with AA-CAES. However, the existing researches only model the combination between the AA-CAES and the traditional energy. Moreover, the uncertainty of reserved capacity and renewable energy is seldom considered.
Generally, the optimal dispatching model of the power system usually presents the characteristics of nonlinearity, high dimension, strong coupling and multi constraints. Most optimal dispatching problems are solved for the whole time series. When using intelligent algorithms, there are problems such as high dimension and difficulty in meeting constraints. Based on these problems, an optimization framework suitable for the utilization of intelligent algorithms is proposed, which has better solution results and shorter solution time. Specifically, to solve the formulated optimal dispatching problem, it is employed a novel equilibrium optimization (EO) algorithm (Faramarzi et al., 2020), which has unique advantages in exploration, exploitation, and local minimum avoidance when solving high-dimensional, nonlinear and multi constraint problems.
Combining AA-CAES with renewable energy, a robust optimal scheduling model is established for the wind fire energy storage system, in which the limited scenario method is used to represent the uncertainty of wind power prediction. In order to solve the dispatching scheme corresponding to minimizing the comprehensive cost in the extreme scenario, an effective framework based on the intelligent algorithm solution is proposed. The novel EO algorithm is used to solve the dispatching scheme corresponding to the minimal comprehensive cost under different prediction error bounds. Finally, the effectiveness of the dispatching model and solution framework is verified under the improved IEEE-39 node.
The remainder of this paper is organized as follows. In section Robust Optimal Dispatching of Wind Fire Storage System, the robust optimal dispatching model of the wind fire storage system is established, and a solution framework based on the intelligent algorithm solution is proposed. Experimental validation and result analysis are shown in section Experimental Validation and Result Analysis. Finally, section Conclusion concludes the paper.
Robust Optimal Dispatching of Wind Fire Storage System
The limited scenario can represent all error scenarios in the uncertainty set. The robust optimal dispatching model can meet the dispatching of all scenarios only by meeting all limited scenarios. In this section, the limited scenario method is used to establish the robust optimal dispatching model of wind fire energy storage system, and the objective function and related constraints are presented.
Robust Optimal Dispatching Modelling
The limited scenario method is used to quantify the uncertainty of wind power prediction, and the established uncertainty set of wind power prediction is as follows:
where
The integrated energy system studied in this paper includes wind power, thermal power and AA-CAES. Among them, the mechanism model includes operation constraints and reserved capacity constraints. The cost models of these three types of power stations can be expressed in three parts: energy cost, environmental cost and standby market cost. As a part of the comprehensive cost, the production cost of the integrated energy system can be expressed as:
where
The power purchase cost, environmental cost and power purchase cost of thermal power, wind power and AA-CAES power stations are as follows:
where
In order to ensure the effectiveness and accuracy of the established dispatching model, some power system operation constraints need to be considered, including standby constraints, unit climbing constraints, wind power output constraints and wind power prediction uncertainty set constraints. The system operation constraints are set as follows:
• System power balance constraints and positive and negative reserved capacity constraints:
• Thermal power unit output upper and lower limit constraints, positive and negative reserved capacity climbing constraints, start and stop constraints:
• Wind power output constraints and wind power prediction uncertainty set constraints:
where
Baes on the established robust optimal dispatching model, the risk cost and comprehensive cost can be calculated. Risk cost includes the wind abandonment cost and load shedding cost. In this study, it is assumed that the probability distribution of wind power prediction is a normal distribution with the predicted value as the mean. Therefore, combined with the wind power probability distribution curve, the expected value of the wind power prediction range that fails to be absorbed by the dispatching plan can be obtained, which is the expected value of the abandoned wind power of the dispatching plan in this period. Meanwhile, the cost of wind abandonment also considers the fuel cost and environmental cost of thermal power. The expression of abandoned wind cost is as follows:
where
Meanwhile, the expected value is calculated by integrating the minimum wind power range that the system can dispatch, and then the expected value of abandoned wind power in the dispatching plan in this period can be obtained. Therefore, the load shedding cost can be expressed as:
where
Combined with the abandoned wind cost, load shedding cost and production cost, the comprehensive cost can be finally obtained as follows:
Solution Framework for Solving the Established Dispatching Model
According to the definition of wind power prediction uncertainty set by the limited scenario method, the scaling factor
where
In order to solve the minimum comprehensive cost corresponding to the worst scenario under different
Initialization
Firstly, initialize
External circulation
Use EO algorithm to solve the optimal scheduling scheme corresponding to the minimum comprehensive cost in the next 24 times when
Internal circulation
First, input the initialized unit output value as the optimal output value at the previous time. Then, use EO algorithm to solve the dispatching model at present time moment, and get the corresponding production cost, risk cost and minimum comprehensive cost. When
The Solver Based on the Equilibrium Optimization Algorithm
According to the established objective function and the relevant constraints, the optimal dispatching model can be transformed into an optimization problem. In order to ensure the solution speed and accuracy, EO algorithm is presented to solve this optimization problem. EO algorithm is inspired by control volume mass balance models used to estimate both dynamic and equilibrium state. Considering the high-dimensional and multi constraint characteristics of this optimization problem, the intelligent algorithm solver proposed in this paper solves a single-step time series and takes the optimal scheduling output at the current time as the input of the next time, which can effectively reduce the solution time while ensuring the solution accuracy. The solver based on EO algorithm is structurally divided into the following parts:
Initialization
Input the optimal dispatching output at the previous time and the system parameters. Determine the user defined parameters, number of design variables and their boundary conditions. Initialize the weight constant coefficient
Individual concentration update
Step 1: When the current iteration number
Step 2: Randomly select a candidate point in the equilibrium pool as
where
where
where
Full time series solution
The optimal dispatching output at time
Experimental Validation and Result Analysis
In order to prove the effectiveness of the established robust optimal dispatching model and the proposed solution framework, the improved IEEE-39 node based on a real power grid case is used. The cost changes of the system under different
Numerical Example Description
Referring to a regional power grid system in China, the IEEE-39 node system is appropriately modified. Its structure diagram is shown in Figure 2A. The wind farms 1 and 2 are connected to the system from nodes 1 and 2, respectively. AA-CAES power station and wind farm 3 are connected to the system from node 29. The predicted power generation curve and load curve of the wind farm are shown in Figure 2B, the minimum load is 800 MW, and the maximum load is 1600 MW.
FIGURE 2. Example node system diagram and wind farm output prediction and load curve: (A) node system diagram; (B) wind farm output prediction and load curve.
Result Analysis
The production cost, risk cost and minimum comprehensive cost of the whole system under different
When
FIGURE 3. Optimal scheduling scheme and corresponding minimum comprehensive cost: (A) Unit output; (B) Unit active standby; (C) Unit negative standby; (D) Minimum comprehensive cost at all times.
Conclusion
This study has presented an effective intelligent algorithm solution framework for solving the established robust optimal dispatching model of wind fire energy storage which considering the application of AA-CAES and the uncertainty of wind power prediction. The simulation results show that the production cost and comprehensive cost can be further reduced by considering the uncertainty of wind power prediction. Meanwhile, the application of AA-CAES can increase the system flexibility and provide guarantee for system standby. On the other side, the equilibrium optimization algorithm shows better robustness and higher search accuracy than GWO in solving this optimization problem. In the future work, other uncertainties such as operation and maintenance uncertainty and energy storage location uncertainty will be further considered.
Data Availability Statement
The raw data supporting the conclusion of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation.
Author Contributions
XC: Ideas; Development of methodology; Writing- Original draft preparation. LH: Methodology; Creation of models, Writing- Reviewing and Editing. XZ: Verification, Conceptualization, Supervision. SH: Validation, Data curation, Conceptualization, Supervision. ZS: Programming, revise grammar and correct expression. ZW: Programming, software development. TC: Specifically performing the experiments. SD: Conducting a research and investigation process.
Funding
This work was supported in part by the Plan for Major Provincial Science & Technology Project of Anhui Province under Grant 202003a05020019, and in part by the Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology under Grant 2018-000052-73-01-001228.
Conflict of Interest
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Keywords: robust optimal dispatching, wind fire energy storage, AA-CAES, solution framework, equilibrium optimization algorithm
Citation: Chen X, Huang L, Zhang X, He S, Sheng Z, Wang Z, Chen T and Dou S (2021) Robust Optimal Dispatching of Wind Fire Energy Storage System Based on Equilibrium Optimization Algorithm. Front. Energy Res. 9:754908. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2021.754908
Received: 07 August 2021; Accepted: 13 September 2021;
Published: 04 October 2021.
Edited by:
Dongran Song, Central South University, ChinaReviewed by:
Bin Liu, Guangxi University, ChinaZhongwei Lin, North China Electric Power University, China
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