Balancing the great British electricity system — Bulk dispatch optimisation
Bukhsh, Waqquas and Bejan, Andrei (2024) Balancing the great British electricity system — Bulk dispatch optimisation. Electric Power Systems Research, 234. 110714. ISSN 0378-7796 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2024.110714)
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Abstract
The Balancing Mechanism, managed by the British electricity system operator, National Grid ESO, is designed to maintain a balance between electricity generation and demand. It achieves this by purchasing extra generation (or demand reduction) through accepted offers and extra demand (or generation reduction) through accepted bids from Balancing Mechanism Units (BMUs) in real-time. The current manual approach for instructing BMUs becomes increasingly challenging as access to the market widens and the number of BMUs grows. This paper introduces a proof-of-concept optimisation model to assist Control Room engineers in making optimal decisions for a large number of BMUs. We outline the requirements for instructing BMUs, provide their mathematical formulation, and illustrate this using simple examples. Computational performance results based on test cases with up to 500 units are presented.
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Bukhsh, Waqquas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5765-0747 and Bejan, Andrei;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 89729 Dates: DateEvent1 September 2024Published24 June 2024Published Online17 June 2024AcceptedSubjects: Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > Electrical apparatus and materials > Electric networks Department: Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 25 Jun 2024 15:40 Last modified: 06 Oct 2024 00:42 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/89729