Sufficient A Priori Conditions for the Linear Relaxation of the Energy Storage Scheduling Problem

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Hauptverfasser: Prat, Eléa, Lusby, Richard Martin, Pinson, Pierre
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author Prat, Eléa
Lusby, Richard Martin
Pinson, Pierre
author_facet Prat, Eléa
Lusby, Richard Martin
Pinson, Pierre
contents When modeling energy storage systems, an essential question is how to account for the physical infeasibility of simultaneous charge and discharge. The use of complementarity constraints or of binary variables is common, but these formulations do not scale well. Alternatively, assumptions such as perfect efficiencies or positive prices are often used to justify the choice of a linear model. In this paper, we establish new a priori conditions that guarantee the existence of an optimal solution without simultaneous charge and discharge when solving the linear relaxation of the storage scheduling problem. They are based on the characteristics of the storage system, in particular, the duration of charge. They can be valid for negative prices and with inefficiencies, thereby enlarging the set of conditions for which the complementarity constraints can be relaxed. We prove mathematically the validity of these conditions and illustrate them with practical examples. We also introduce a refined mixed-integer linear equivalent, in which the number of binary variables can be drastically reduced.
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Prat, Eléa
Lusby, Richard Martin
Pinson, Pierre
Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
When modeling energy storage systems, an essential question is how to account for the physical infeasibility of simultaneous charge and discharge. The use of complementarity constraints or of binary variables is common, but these formulations do not scale well. Alternatively, assumptions such as perfect efficiencies or positive prices are often used to justify the choice of a linear model. In this paper, we establish new a priori conditions that guarantee the existence of an optimal solution without simultaneous charge and discharge when solving the linear relaxation of the storage scheduling problem. They are based on the characteristics of the storage system, in particular, the duration of charge. They can be valid for negative prices and with inefficiencies, thereby enlarging the set of conditions for which the complementarity constraints can be relaxed. We prove mathematically the validity of these conditions and illustrate them with practical examples. We also introduce a refined mixed-integer linear equivalent, in which the number of binary variables can be drastically reduced.
title Sufficient A Priori Conditions for the Linear Relaxation of the Energy Storage Scheduling Problem
topic Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12999