SEMSim Power as an Application of USES

Ciechanowicz, David; Aydt, Heiko; Knoll, Alois

doi:10.2316/p.2013.806-025

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“…Future work will build on an agent-based traffic simulation coupled with a power system simulation [23,24]. This will allow investigating the dynamic interaction between complex mobility and charging patterns with the power system.…”

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A price-responsive dispatching strategy for Vehicle-to-Grid: An economic evaluation applied to the case of Singapore

Pelzer¹,

Ciechanowicz²,

Aydt³

et al. 2014

Journal of Power Sources

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A charging and dispatching strategy for optimizing profits from V2G is presented. This optimization strategy builds on temporally resolved electricity market data. A case study shows that this method turns a S$ 1000 annual loss into a S$ 130 profit. Sensitivity analyses indicate potential for further increase of profitability. Employing this strategy in other countries is assumed to yield much greater profits. a r t i c l e i n f o b s t r a c tEmploying electric vehicles as short-term energy storage could improve power system stability and at the same time create a new income source for vehicle owners. In this paper, the economic viability of this concept referred to as Vehicle-to-Grid is investigated. For this purpose, a price-responsive charging and dispatching strategy built upon temporally resolved electricity market data is presented. This concept allows vehicle owners to maximize returns by restricting market participation to profitable time periods. As a case study, this strategy is then applied using the example of Singapore. It is shown that an annual loss of S$ 1000 resulting from a non-price-responsive strategy as employed in previous works can be turned into a S$ 130 profit by applying the price-responsive approach. In addition to this scenario, realistic mobility patterns which restrict the temporal availability of vehicles are considered. In this case, profits in the range of S$ 21eS$ 121 are achievable. Returns in this order of magnitude are not expected to make Vehicle-to-Grid a viable business case, sensitivity analyses, however, show that improved technical parameters could increase profitability. It is further assumed that employing the priceresponsive strategy to other national markets may yield significantly greater returns.

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A price-responsive dispatching strategy for Vehicle-to-Grid: An economic evaluation applied to the case of Singapore

Pelzer¹,

Ciechanowicz²,

Aydt³

et al. 2014

Journal of Power Sources

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“…For this purpose, we are using primarily two kinds of simulations, an agent-based traffic simulation (SEMSim Traffic) and a discrete-event power system simulation (SEMSim Power [22]). These two simulations are coupled using the High Level Architecture (HLA) [23].…”

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SEMSim Cloud Service: Large-scale urban systems simulation in the cloud

Zehe¹,

Knoll

Cai

et al. 2015

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

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a b s t r a c tLarge-scale urban systems simulations are complex and with a large number of active simulation entities the computational workload is extensive. Workstation computers have only limited capabilities of delivering results for large-scale simulations. This leads to the problem that many researchers and engineers have to either reduce the scope of their experiments or fail to execute as many experiments as they would like in a given time frame. The use of high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure offers a solution to the problem. Users of such simulations are often domain experts with no or little experience with HPC environments. In addition users do not necessarily have access to an HPC. In this paper we propose an architecture for a cloud-based urban systems simulation platform which specifically aims at making large-scale simulations available to typical users. The proposed architecture also addresses the issue of data confidentiality. In addition we describe the Scalable Electro-Mobility Simulation (SEMSim) Cloud Service that implements the proposed architecture.

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“…The simulation framework is based on the Scalable Electro-Mobility Simulation (SEMSim) platform. This simulation environment consists of the agent-based traffic simulation SEMSim Traffic [13]- [15] and the power system simulation SEMSim Power [16]. Both simulations are coupled through the IEEE Standard High Level Architecture [17] (HLA) which enables bi-directional communication.…”

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Simulation-based approach for investigating the impact of electric vehicles on power grids

Ciechanowicz

Pelzer

Knoll

2015

2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)

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The large-scale introduction of plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) may pose challenges to power system operators by causing grid congestion or voltage fluctuations. This work presents a simulation-based approach for investigating the impact of transport electrification on power grids. The framework consists of an agent-based traffic simulation which is coupled with a power system simulation through the IEEE Standard High Level Architecture. As detailed power grid information is often unavailable, the framework further contains a method for synthesizing power networks from tempospatially resolved demand data. Using a high-performance computing infrastructure, the approach allows simulating the traffic and power system on the scale of a megacity faster than real-time. An application to the example of Singapore shows that grid congestion and voltage drops are observed on the low voltage level while the high and medium voltage grid remain unaffected. The presented framework may facilitate infrastructure decisions and support the development of smart charging strategies minimizing power grid impact.

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SEMSim Power as an Application of USES

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

A price-responsive dispatching strategy for Vehicle-to-Grid: An economic evaluation applied to the case of Singapore

A price-responsive dispatching strategy for Vehicle-to-Grid: An economic evaluation applied to the case of Singapore

SEMSim Cloud Service: Large-scale urban systems simulation in the cloud

Simulation-based approach for investigating the impact of electric vehicles on power grids

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