Yasin Pezhmani

Yasin Pezhmani

Thesis title: Optimal operation of a virtual multi-energy plant to participate in multi-energy market

M.Sc. period: 2019-2021

Supervisors: Dr. Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, Dr. Kazem Zare

Advisor: Dr. Mehdi Abapour

As one of recently appeared concepts in the field of power systems, virtual power plants(VPPs) have been deployed increasingly all over the world. VPP is introduced as tool for aggregating a number of distributed energy resources, energy storages, and flexible loads for operating them as a single power plant in different energy markets. However, with the advent of cogeneration units and multi-carrier energy based systems, there is a need for updating the conventional structure of VPPs to provide more flexibility to the system. To this end, in this thesis, a cluster of multi-energy systems, energy storages, renewable energy sources, boilers, and multi-energy loads are aggregated in a new model of VPP to participate in multiple energy markets. The aim of this thesis is to maximize the daily profit of the proposed VPP in multiple energy markets.