Print Email Facebook Twitter Economic advantages of applying model predictive control to distributed energy resources: The case of micro-CHP systems Title Economic advantages of applying model predictive control to distributed energy resources: The case of micro-CHP systems Author Houwing, M. Negenborn, R.R. De Schutter, B. Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Department Delft Center for Systems and Control Date 2008-06-01 Abstract The increasing presence of distributed energy resources, information and intelligence in the electricity infrastructure increases the possibilities for larger economic efficiency of power systems. This work shows the possible cost advantages of applying a model predictive control (MPC) strategy to residential energy systems. MPC can take future information on energy demand and prices into account and might lead to lower energy costs for end consumers. The main objective in this paper is to illustrate the potential for operational cost savings when adopting MPC in the local control of residential energy systems, thereby mainly focusing on micro combined heat and power systems (micro-CHP). We conclude that the pricing regime of household energy has a large influence on potential cost savings. Subject demand responsedistributed energy resourcesenergy efficiencymicro-combined heat and powermodel predictive controlsmart power systems To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9f3bdc31-86a2-482c-bbbe-23aa448d723d Source Proceedings of the 16th Mediterranean Conference on Systems and Automation, MED 2008, June 2008, Ajaccio, France Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2008 The Author(s) Files PDF Negenborn4_2008.pdf 219.99 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:9f3bdc31-86a2-482c-bbbe-23aa448d723d/datastream/OBJ/view