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OPTIMUM ENERGY FOR ENERGY PACKET NETWORKS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2017

Yonghua Yin*
Affiliation:
Intelligent Systems and Networks Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London SW7 2BT, UK E-mail: y.yin14@imperial.ac.uk
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Abstract

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The concept of Energy Packet Network (EPN) proposed by Gelenbe, is a new framework for modeling power grids that takes distributed energy generation such as renewable energy sources into consideration, and which contributes to modeling the smart grid. Based on G-network theory, this paper presents a simplified model of EPN and formulates energy-distribution as an optimization problem. We analyze it theoretically, and detail its optimal solutions. In addition to using existing optimization algorithms, a heuristic algorithm is proposed to solve for EPN optimization. The optimal solutions and efficacy of the algorithm are illustrated with numerical experiments. Further, we present an EPN with disconnections and a similar optimization problem is investigated. Optimal solutions are presented, and numerical results using the analytic optimal solutions, random solutions, a cooperative particle swarm optimizer and a heuristic algorithm illustrate the power of different approaches for solving energy-distribution problems using the EPN formalism.

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