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Non-Convex Economic Dispatch of a Virtual Power Plant via a Distributed Randomized Gradient-Free Algorithm

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  • Jun Xie

    (College of Automation, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
    College of Energy and Electrical Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Chi Cao

    (College of Automation, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China)

Abstract

The economic dispatch problem of a virtual power plant (VPP) is becoming non-convex for distributed generators’ characteristics of valve-point loading effects, prohibited operating zones, and multiple fuel options. In this paper, the economic dispatch model of VPP is established and then solved by a distributed randomized gradient-free algorithm. To deal with the non-smooth objective function, its Gauss approximation is used to construct distributed randomized gradient-free oracles in optimization iterations. A projection operator is also introduced to solve the discontinuous variable space problem. An example simulation is implemented on a modified IEEE-34 bus test system, and the results demonstrate the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed algorithm.

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  • Jun Xie & Chi Cao, 2017. "Non-Convex Economic Dispatch of a Virtual Power Plant via a Distributed Randomized Gradient-Free Algorithm," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-12, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:10:y:2017:i:7:p:1051-:d:105434
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    1. Chi Cao & Jun Xie & Dong Yue & Chongxin Huang & Jixiang Wang & Shuyang Xu & Xingying Chen, 2017. "Distributed Economic Dispatch of Virtual Power Plant under a Non-Ideal Communication Network," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-18, February.
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