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Main Authors: Abeleira, Miguel Gayo, Pérez, Carlos Santos, Sánchez, Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Sánchez, Pedro Martín, Gómez, Enrique Santiso, Calvo, José Antonio Jiménez
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03880
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author Abeleira, Miguel Gayo
Pérez, Carlos Santos
Sánchez, Francisco Javier Rodríguez
Sánchez, Pedro Martín
Gómez, Enrique Santiso
Calvo, José Antonio Jiménez
author_facet Abeleira, Miguel Gayo
Pérez, Carlos Santos
Sánchez, Francisco Javier Rodríguez
Sánchez, Pedro Martín
Gómez, Enrique Santiso
Calvo, José Antonio Jiménez
contents This work proposes a geographically-based split of the community microgrids into clusters of members that tend to have similar consumption and generation profiles. Assuming a community microgrid divided into clusters, a two-layer architecture is developed to facilitate the greater penetration of distributed energy resources in an efficient way. The first layer, referred as the market layer, is responsible for creating local energy markets with the aim of maximising the economic benefits for community microgrid members. The second layer is responsible for the network reconfiguration, which is based on the energy balance within each cluster. This layer complies with the IEC 61850 communication standard, in order to control commercial sectionalizing and tie switches. This allows the community microgrid network to be reconfigured to minimise energy exchanges with the main grid. To implement this two-layer energy management strategy, an aperiodic market approach based on Blockchain technology, and the additional functionality offered by Smart Contracts is adopted. This embraces the concept of energy communities since it decentralizes the control and eliminates intermediaries. The use of aperiodic control techniques helps to overcome the challenges of using Blockchain technology in terms of storage, computational requirements and member privacy. The scalability and modularity of the Smart Contract-based system allow each cluster of members to be designed by tailoring the system to their specific needs. The implementation of this strategy is based on low-cost off-the-shelf devices, such as Raspberry Pi 4 Model B boards, which operate as Blockchain nodes of community microgrid members. Finally, the strategy has been validated by emulating two use cases based on the IEEE 123-node system network model highlighting the benefits of the proposal.
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spellingShingle Aperiodic two-layer energy management system for community microgrids based on blockchain strategy
Abeleira, Miguel Gayo
Pérez, Carlos Santos
Sánchez, Francisco Javier Rodríguez
Sánchez, Pedro Martín
Gómez, Enrique Santiso
Calvo, José Antonio Jiménez
Systems and Control
This work proposes a geographically-based split of the community microgrids into clusters of members that tend to have similar consumption and generation profiles. Assuming a community microgrid divided into clusters, a two-layer architecture is developed to facilitate the greater penetration of distributed energy resources in an efficient way. The first layer, referred as the market layer, is responsible for creating local energy markets with the aim of maximising the economic benefits for community microgrid members. The second layer is responsible for the network reconfiguration, which is based on the energy balance within each cluster. This layer complies with the IEC 61850 communication standard, in order to control commercial sectionalizing and tie switches. This allows the community microgrid network to be reconfigured to minimise energy exchanges with the main grid. To implement this two-layer energy management strategy, an aperiodic market approach based on Blockchain technology, and the additional functionality offered by Smart Contracts is adopted. This embraces the concept of energy communities since it decentralizes the control and eliminates intermediaries. The use of aperiodic control techniques helps to overcome the challenges of using Blockchain technology in terms of storage, computational requirements and member privacy. The scalability and modularity of the Smart Contract-based system allow each cluster of members to be designed by tailoring the system to their specific needs. The implementation of this strategy is based on low-cost off-the-shelf devices, such as Raspberry Pi 4 Model B boards, which operate as Blockchain nodes of community microgrid members. Finally, the strategy has been validated by emulating two use cases based on the IEEE 123-node system network model highlighting the benefits of the proposal.
title Aperiodic two-layer energy management system for community microgrids based on blockchain strategy
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03880