Grid-price-dependent energy management in microgrids using a modified simulated annealing triple-optimizer

Applied Energy

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 384-395

  Velik, Rosemarie ^a   Nicolay, Pascal ^a  

^a CTR CARINTHIAN TECH RESEARCH AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Battery storage; Energy management; Microgrids; Optimization; Renewable energy; Variable grid prices

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BATTERY STORAGE; COMPUTATION TIME; MICRO GRID; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; REFERENCE METHOD; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; STATE SPACE SEARCH; VARIABLE GRID PRICES;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 84902596865     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.05.060     Document Type: Article

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