An Analytical Method for Generation Unit Aggregation in Virtual Power Plants

  • Ming Qu
  • , Tao Ding
  • , Wei Wei
  • , Zhaoyang Dong
  • , Mohammad Shahidehpour
  • , Shiwei Xia

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Abstract

The generation unit aggregation is frequently used in a virtual power plant which participates in real-time spot markets. In this letter, an analytical method is proposed to quickly and precisely compute a piecewise quadratic function of aggregated units. Three propositions are introduced and proven in the letter in order to guarantee the accuracy of the equivalent model after aggregation. Numerical results verify the validity of the proposed method.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9115680
Pages (from-to)5466-5469
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
Volume11
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2020

Keywords

  • economic dispatch
  • generation unit aggregation
  • piecewise quadratic function
  • Virtual power plant

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