Mohammad Amin Mirzaei

Mohammad Amin Mirzaei

Thesis title: Optimal operation of multiple energy distribution companies integrated with emerging energy resources

Supervising Team: Prof. Kazem Zare, Prof. Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, Dr. Mousa Marzband, Dr. Amjad Anvari Moghaddam
PhD period: 2018.09.23-2021.05.22.

Abstract
Nowadays, multi-energy consumers (MECs) in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors have increased. MECs play a significant role in the exchange of different forms of energy such as electricity, heating, cooling, and natural gas. The operation of multi-carrier energy networks such as power, gas, heating and cooling can be integrated to improve the social welfare of MECs, the efficiency of the entire system and facilitate larger amount of renewable energy resources more efficiently. However, appropriate modeling considering various technical constraints of the energy carriers (e.g., gas system pressure limit and heat losses in the heating network) is necessary to effectively assess the true impact of integrated energy system operation on the overall system’s performance. In this research, a new entity called multiple energy distribution company (MEDC) is introduced to meet both flexible and nonflexible electrical, gas and heating demands. The proposed MEDC is equipped with emerging technologies such as combined heating and power (CHP) units, integrated demand response programs (IDRPs) and various storage resources such as electrical storage and heat storage to exploit the actual arbitrage opportunities in different layers of energy markets.

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