Abstract
Convexification of an optimal scheduling algorithm for distributed energy storage (DES) in radial distribution systems with high penetration of photovoltaic resources is studied. The AC power flow equalities are taken into account as constraints in the optimization model. Different from the typical optimal power flow problem, the objective function of a DES optimal scheduling (DESOS) problem varies with changing operational requirements. In this paper, three frequently-used objective functions are considered for the DESOS problem. Two of them are monotonic over the feasible set while the third is not. An illustrative example elucidates that the descent direction of a chosen objective function significantly impacts the efficiency of the second-order cone programming (SOCP) relaxation for the DESOS problem. To obtain tighter semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxations for the DESOS cases where the SOCP relaxation is not exact, this paper looks for computationally efficient convex constraints that can approximate the rank-1 constraint in the non-iterative framework. The designed non-iterative enhanced SDP relaxations are compared in terms of tightness of convexification for the DESOS problems considering the three objective functions independently. The comparison is performed on several radial IEEE test systems and a real world distribution feeder.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 7523207 |
Pages (from-to) | 1721-1732 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Power Systems |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2017 |
Keywords
- Convex relaxation
- distributed energy storage (DES)
- enhanced SDP (ESDP) relaxation
- non-iterative
- optimal dispatch
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering