Baodong Li^*

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.2, pp. 461-481, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.021877

Abstract The optimal operation of microgrids is of great significance for the sake of efficient and economical management of its energy resources. The microgrid energy management system should plan to operate the microgrid while simultaneously considering the electric and thermal load. The present study proposes energy management to minimize the costs of operating an industrial microgrid. In fact, planning for energy supply is among the critical issues that distribution companies deal with daily in the competitive environment. A distribution company usually meets customer (end customer) demands by purchasing energy from a wholesale market. Given the load curtailment, distribution companies have more… More >

Zinan Zhou, Yirun Chen, Wensheng Dai^*

Energy Engineering, Vol.119, No.6, pp. 2681-2709, 2022, DOI: 10.32604/ee.2022.021410

Abstract The use of different energy carriers together, known as an energy hub, has been a hot topic of research in recent years amongst scientists and researchers. The term energy hub refers to the simultaneous operation of various infrastructures for energy generation and transfer, which has gained momentum in the form of microgrids (MGs). This paper introduces a new strategy for the optimal performance of an MG consisting of different energy carriers for each day. In a smart distribution network (DN), MGs can reduce their own costs in the previous-day market by bidding on sales and purchases. The sales and purchases… More >