Distributed control of residential energy systems using a market maker

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Worthmann, Karl ; Kellett, Christopher M. ; Grüne, Lars ; Weller, Steven R.:
Distributed control of residential energy systems using a market maker.
In: Boje,Edward (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the 19th IFAC World Congress : IFAC-PapersOnLine. - Cape Town, South Africa , 2014 . - pp. 11641-11646
ISBN 978-3-902823-62-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3182/20140824-6-ZA-1003.01785

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The recent rapid uptake of residential solar photovoltaic (PV) installations provides many challenges for electricity distribution networks designed for one-way power flow from the distribution company to the residential customer. In particular, for grid-connected installations, intermittent generation as well as large amounts of generation during low load periods can lead to a degradation of power quality and even outages due to overvoltage conditions. In this paper we present two approaches to mitigate these difficulties using small-scale distributed battery storage. The first is a decentralized model predictive control (MPC) approach while the second is a hierarchical distributed MPC approach using a so-called market maker. These approaches are validated and compared using data on load Australian electricity distribution network.