Distributed MPC for controlling μ-CHPs in a network

Author

Larsen, G. ; Trip, S. ; van Foreest, N. ; Scherpen, J.M.A

Author_Institution

Fac. of Math. & Natural Sci., Univ. of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

fYear

2012

fDate

27-29 June 2012

Firstpage

3089

Lastpage

3094

Abstract

This paper describes a dynamic price mechanism to coordinate electricity generation from micro Combined Heat and Power (μ-CHP) systems in a network of households. The control is done on household level in a completely distributed manner. Distributed Model Predictive control is applied to the network of households with μ-CHP installed. Each house has a unique demand pattern based on realistic data. Information from a few neighbors are taken into account in the local optimal control problems. Desired behavior for the network model in the distributed MPC approach is showed by simulation.

Keywords

cogeneration; distributed control; optimal control; power system control; predictive control; μ-CHP control; distributed MPC; distributed model predictive control; dynamic price mechanism; electricity generation; household level; local optimal control problem; micro combined heat and power system; Cogeneration; Electricity; Minimization; Optimal control; Power grids; Predictive control; Production;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

American Control Conference (ACC), 2012

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

ISSN

0743-1619

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1095-7

Electronic_ISBN

0743-1619

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACC.2012.6315403

Filename

6315403