Flexible Low-Carbon Optimal Dispatch of Honeycombed Active Distribution Network

Microgrids have a strong ability to generate local power and consume renewable energy, which can solve the problems of power supply shortages and greenhouse gas emissions created in the process of social development. The honeycombed active distribution network (HADN) can flexibly, independently, and...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2022-10, Vol.15 (19), p.7107
Main Authors: Xu, Feng, Lu, Yi, Huo, Qunhai, Yin, Jingyuan, Qiu, Peng, Ding, Chao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Air quality management
Alternative energy sources
Carbon
Carbon dioxide
carbon emission flow (CEF)
Costs
Distributed generation
Electric power
Electric power systems
Electricity
Electricity distribution
Emissions
Emissions (Pollution)
Emissions trading
Fossil fuels
Generators
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
honeycombed active distribution network (HADN)
Industrial plant emissions
Optimization
optimization dispatch
Scheduling
Simulation
Wind power
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Summary:Microgrids have a strong ability to generate local power and consume renewable energy, which can solve the problems of power supply shortages and greenhouse gas emissions created in the process of social development. The honeycombed active distribution network (HADN) can flexibly, independently, and interconnectedly operate microgrids through power exchange stations, so appropriate HADN dispatch can produce increased low-carbon benefits than general microgrids. In this study, we first designed a model for optimizing HADN with the lowest carbon emission as the target, then we introduced the concept of carbon emission flow into the optimization process to determine the carbon emission level of each element. Finally, we illustrated and verified the proposed model by a HADN composed of three microgrids. The optimization results of the case study showed that by scheduling the DGs within the microgrids, the total carbon emissions of the system were reduced from 123,328.1 to 117,688 kg CO2; the system with a HADN structure was able to produce only 110,958 kg CO2 and effectively reduce carbon emissions by 10%, which proved that HADN can be scheduled with high flexibility and provides increased low-carbon performance through the proposed optimization dispatch method.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en15197107