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2022

Review on the Energy Storage Technologies with the Focus on Multi-Energy Systems

Autores
Vahid-Ghavidel M.; Javadi S.; Gough M.; Javadi M.S.; Santos S.F.; Shafie-Khah M.; Catalão J.P.S.;

Publicação
Technologies for Integrated Energy Systems and Networks

Abstract
Energy storage is an important element of an energy system. In the power system, energy storage can be defined as a component that can be employed to generate a form of energy or utilize previously stored energy at different locations or times when it is required. Energy storage can enhance the stability of the grid, increase the reliability and efficiency of integrated systems that include renewable energy resources, and can also reduce emissions. A diverse set of storage technologies are currently utilized for the energy storage systems (ESSs) in a varied set of projects. This chapter provides information about the current ESS projects around the world and emphasizes the leading countries that are developing the applications of ESSs. The main categories of ESSs are explained in this chapter as follows: electrochemical, electromechanical, electromagnetic, and thermal storage. Moreover, the energy storage technologies are utilized in power grids for various reasons such as electricity supply capacity, electric energy time-shifting, on-site power, electric supply reserve capacity, frequency regulation, voltage support, and electricity bill management. Additionally, by integrating the various energy forms and developing the concept of multi-energy systems, ESSs become a fundamental component for the efficient operation of multi-energy systems. The main role of ESSs in multi-energy systems is to compensate for the fluctuations in power output from renewable energy resources. Moreover, the performance of the multi-energy system increases when it got integrated with an ESS. In this chapter, the applied ESS technologies in the context of the multi-energy systems are presented and explained.

2022

A new controller for Dump Load Active Power Management of Hydraulic Generator Unit

Autores
Stanev R.; Efthymiou V.; Lopes J.P.; Asenov T.; Charalambous C.; Fernandes F.; Viglov K.; Bracho J.;

Publicação
SyNERGY MED 2022 - 2nd International Conference on Energy Transition in the Mediterranean Area, Proceedings

Abstract
This work presents a new dump load controller for active power management of hydraulic generator unit using the power system parameters at the generator's terminals. An existing system with an analog controller is evaluated and a new digital open source HPP (Hydraulic power plant) power controller with extended functionality is proposed, designed and realized. A simulation of the voltage measurement sensor in LTspice is performed in order to determine the appropriate hardware parameters. Comparison between the features of the existing analog controller and the new digital controller is performed. Based on the results achieved, valuable conclusions are made. The new solution proposed offers simplified hardware, high reliability, easiness and flexibility of controller settings.

2022

Renewable Energy Community Pairing Methodology Using Statistical Learning Applied to Georeferenced Energy Profiles

Autores
Lucas, A; Carvalhosa, S;

Publicação
ENERGIES

Abstract
Renewable energy communities (REC) are bound to play a crucial role in the energy transition, as their role, activities, and legal forms become clearer, and their dissemination becomes larger. Even though their mass grid integration, is regarded with high expectations, their diffusion, however, has not been an easy task. Its legal form and success, entail responsibilities, prospects, trust, and synergies to be explored between its members, whose collective dynamics should aim for optimal operation. In this regard, the pairing methodology of potential participants ahead of asset dimensioning seems to have been overlooked. This article presents a methodology for pairing consumers, based on their georeferenced load consumptions. A case study in an area of Porto (Asprela) was used to test the methodology. QGIS is used as a geo-representation tool and its PlanHeat plugin for district characterization support. A supervised statistical learning approach is used to identify the feature importance of an overall district energy consumption profile. With the main variables identified, the methodology applies standard K-means and Dynamic Time Warping clustering, from which, users from different clusters should be paired to explore PV as the main generation asset. To validate the assumption that this complementarity of load diagrams could decrease the total surplus of a typical PV generation, 18 pairings were tested. Results show that, even though it is not true that all pairings from different clusters lead to lower surplus, on average, this seems to be the trend. From the sample analyzed a maximum of 36% and an average of 12% less PV surplus generation is observed.

2022

Demand Response Impact Evaluation: A Review of Methods for Estimating the Customer Baseline Load

Autores
Valentini, O; Andreadou, N; Bertoldi, P; Lucas, A; Saviuc, I; Kotsakis, E;

Publicação
ENERGIES

Abstract
Climate neutrality is one of the greatest challenges of our century, and a decarbonised energy system is a key step towards this goal. To this end, the electricity system is expected to become more interconnected, digitalised, and flexible by engaging consumers both through microgeneration and through demand side flexibility. A successful use of these flexibility tools depends widely on the evaluation of their effects, hence the definition of methods to assess and evaluate them is essential for their implementation. In order to enable a reliable assessment of the benefits from participating in demand response, it is necessary to define a reference value (baseline) to allow for a fair comparison. Different methodologies have been investigated, developed, and adopted for estimating the customer baseline load. The article presents a structured overview of methods for the estimating the customer baseline load, based on a review of academic literature, existing standardisation efforts, and lessons from use cases. In particular, the article describes and focuses on the different baseline methods applied in some European H2020 projects, showing the results achieved in terms of measurement accuracy and costs in real test cases. The most suitable methodology choice among the several available depends on many factors. Some of them can be the function of the Demand Response (DR) service in the system, the broader regulatory framework for DR participation in wholesale markets, or the DR providers characteristics, and this list is not exclusive. The evaluation shows that the baseline methodology choice presents a trade-off among complexity, accuracy, and cost.

2022

CROSS-BORDER FLEXIBILITY PREQUALIFICATION OF DER AND EVS BASED ON DECENTRALISED COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATION

Autores
Cruz, J; Silva, C; Louro, M; Cardoso, S; Gomes, E; Lucas, A; Silva, F; Alonso, B; Pestana, R; Glória, G; Saragoça, J; Egorov, A;

Publicação
IET Conference Proceedings

Abstract
The adoption of battery-powered electric vehicles in the EU is expected to grow to 30-40 million by 2030. This, together with the large adoption of other Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), represents a great challenge for Distribution System Operators (DSOs) in multiple perspectives, such as providing the needed charging infrastructure and ensuring that everyone is served with the expected Quality of Service (QoS), by having a secure and reliable system operation capable of mitigating grid congestion and voltage violation events. One of the mechanisms to mitigate these events can be the usage of these DER, such as Electric Vehicles (EVs), as flexibility sources for the improvement of the planning and operation of power distribution systems. This paper proposes harmonising the coordination of the prequalification process for flexibility provision (product and grid prequalification) among System and Market Operators from Portugal, Spain and France, enabling the participation of flexibility providers in multiple markets from cross-border countries through a harmonised and non-redundant prequalification process. © 2022 CIRED workshop on E-mobility and power distribution systems. All rights reserved.

2022

Tweet2Story: A Web App to Extract Narratives from Twitter

Autores
Campos, V; Campos, R; Mota, P; Jorge, A;

Publicação
ADVANCES IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, PT II

Abstract
Social media platforms are used to discuss current events with very complex narratives that become difficult to understand. In this work, we introduce Tweet2Story, a web app to automatically extract narratives from small texts such as tweets and describe them through annotations. By doing this, we aim to mitigate the difficulties existing on creating narratives and give a step towards deeply understanding the actors and their corresponding relations found in a text. We build the web app to be modular and easy-to-use, which allows it to easily incorporate new techniques as they keep getting developed.

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