An energy systems engineering approach for the design and operation of microgrids in residential applications

State-Of-The-Art Review of Mathematical Optimisation Approaches for Synthesis of Energy Systems

“…Long-term uncertainties refer to supply and demand variations, and price fluctuations (Shah 1998). Such uncertain events are certainly unavoidable and would cause a large disturbance toward energy systems operations, leading to a sub-optimal design (Liu et al 2011(Liu et al , 2013. In this respect, optimisation under uncertainty makes it possible to account for the impacts of uncertainties on an energy system at the design or synthesis stage.…”

Model-based multi-parametric programming strategies towards the integration of design, control and operational optimization

“…These power losses cause (a) increased electricity production to cover for the losses (b) increased grid maintenance costs and (c) generalized outage in cases of severe grid malfunctions. Localized production of power removes most of those problems [205,273].…”

“…[30,53,272]) are all seeking for ways to reduce the impact that energy consumption has on the day-to-day as well as the industrial level. Among the alternative scenarios considered, the concept of decentralized energy production via distributed systems (presented in Figure 3.1) is being considered as appealing for a variety of reasons summarized below [4,30,205]: E ciency: The production of several energy forms from a single intensified process results into an improved overall system e ciency. Distributed systems such as cogeneration units can produce, through a single process, the cooling, heating and electrical power requirements to a single or a series of residencies using the same amount of fuel.…”

“…Based on the climatological and topological terrain, a series of alternatives can be considered, such as renewable energy sources (e.g. wind and solar power) as well as electrical generators powered by conventional means such as internal combustion diesel engines [30,205].…”

“…Application on a residential cogeneration systems. Liu et al [205] Optimal design and operation of distributed systems with focus on the trade o s between modeling acuracy and computational complexity and e ciency. Sakizlis et al [305] Simultaneous mp-MPC and online design optimization.…”