energy systems

Clustering methods to find representative periods for the optimization of energy systems: an initial framework and comparison

  • Adam R. Brandt
  • Holger Teichgraeber
    • Categories Applications - Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Energy Tags , , , , ,

    Modeling time-varying operations in complex energy systems optimization problems is often computationally intractable, and time-series input data are thus often aggregated to representative periods. In this work, we introduce a framework for using clustering methods for this purpose, and we compare both conventionally-used methods (k-means, k-medoids, and hierarchical clustering), and shape-based clustering methods (dynamic time … Read more

    A stochastic multiscale model for electricity generation capacity expansion

  • Webster Mort
  • Panos Parpas
    • Categories Basic Sciences Applications, Control Applications Tags , ,

    Long-term planning for electric power systems, or capacity expansion, has traditionally been modeled using simplified models or heuristics to approximate the short-term dynamics. However, current trends such as increasing penetration of intermittent renewable generation and increased demand response requires a coupling of both the long and short term dynamics. We present an efficient method for … Read more