Optimal dispatching strategy of an electric-thermal-gas coupling microgrid considering consumer satisfaction

Abstract

In recent years, with the rapid development of renewable energy, microgrid that behaves as a multi-energy coupling system, has attracted more and more attention. A growing trend needs to be concerned is that the relation among the electric power, thermal and gas in a microgrid system gets closer and closer, which could significantly affect the system dispatching. The existing research on microgrid dispatch mainly focuses on power and load coordination and improving the utilization rate of primary energy. However, there is some limit in the energy form independence and operation mode. Besides, some research had ignored the consumer electricity experience in load optimization. To settle such problem, a dispatching model based on a complicated electric-thermal-gas coupling microgrid is firstly proposed in this paper. Then the mathematical model of the subsystems in the microgrid is established, and the demand side response based on consumer satisfaction is employed to optimize the loads. Finally, the operation cost of the microgrid can be minimized by the proposed economic optimization strategy. Case studies were performed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheduling strategy.