An Integer Non-Cooperative Game Approach for the Transactive Control of Thermal Appliances in Energy Communities
Non-cooperative scheduling games can be used to coordinate residential loads in order to achieve a common goal while accounting for individual consumer’s interests, privacy, and autonomy. However, a significant portion of the residential flexibility—Thermostatically Controlled Loads (TCLs) such as w...
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| description | Non-cooperative scheduling games can be used to coordinate residential loads in order to achieve a common goal while accounting for individual consumer’s interests, privacy, and autonomy. However, a significant portion of the residential flexibility—Thermostatically Controlled Loads (TCLs) such as water and space heating/cooling appliances—has not been fully addressed under this game theoretic approach: their comfort constraints and integer control were not considered. This paper presents a method for properly including TCLs in this framework and discusses its application in energy communities. Specifically, we propose a general mathematical formulation for considering users’ comfort in non-cooperative games. We model the integer nature of the TCLs control with binary variables and show that optimal or close to optimal (less than 1%) solutions are reached. Moreover, different total cost functions can be used depending on the market context and the objective of the demand management program. To illustrate and discuss these aspects in practical applications, we used a case study of an energy community in Spain. The results show that the TC solutions are optimal or only 0.80% worse than optimal; different total cost functions result in different results (load curve smoothing or peak load reduction); consumers’ comfort is respected; and the proposed game model cooperates with consumers in order to minimize community’s costs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1cfd37898da54b4cad41f879d580b8d62023-11-22T20:41:39ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-10-011421697110.3390/en14216971An Integer Non-Cooperative Game Approach for the Transactive Control of Thermal Appliances in Energy CommunitiesLuciana Marques0Wadaed Uturbey1Miguel Heleno2Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, MG, BrazilGraduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, MG, BrazilLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USANon-cooperative scheduling games can be used to coordinate residential loads in order to achieve a common goal while accounting for individual consumer’s interests, privacy, and autonomy. However, a significant portion of the residential flexibility—Thermostatically Controlled Loads (TCLs) such as water and space heating/cooling appliances—has not been fully addressed under this game theoretic approach: their comfort constraints and integer control were not considered. This paper presents a method for properly including TCLs in this framework and discusses its application in energy communities. Specifically, we propose a general mathematical formulation for considering users’ comfort in non-cooperative games. We model the integer nature of the TCLs control with binary variables and show that optimal or close to optimal (less than 1%) solutions are reached. Moreover, different total cost functions can be used depending on the market context and the objective of the demand management program. To illustrate and discuss these aspects in practical applications, we used a case study of an energy community in Spain. The results show that the TC solutions are optimal or only 0.80% worse than optimal; different total cost functions result in different results (load curve smoothing or peak load reduction); consumers’ comfort is respected; and the proposed game model cooperates with consumers in order to minimize community’s costs.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/21/6971energy communitiesload schedulingnon-cooperative gamesthermostatically controlled loadstransactive control |
| spellingShingle | Luciana Marques Wadaed Uturbey Miguel Heleno An Integer Non-Cooperative Game Approach for the Transactive Control of Thermal Appliances in Energy Communities Energies energy communities load scheduling non-cooperative games thermostatically controlled loads transactive control |
| title | An Integer Non-Cooperative Game Approach for the Transactive Control of Thermal Appliances in Energy Communities |
| title_full | An Integer Non-Cooperative Game Approach for the Transactive Control of Thermal Appliances in Energy Communities |
| title_fullStr | An Integer Non-Cooperative Game Approach for the Transactive Control of Thermal Appliances in Energy Communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Integer Non-Cooperative Game Approach for the Transactive Control of Thermal Appliances in Energy Communities |
| title_short | An Integer Non-Cooperative Game Approach for the Transactive Control of Thermal Appliances in Energy Communities |
| title_sort | integer non cooperative game approach for the transactive control of thermal appliances in energy communities |
| topic | energy communities load scheduling non-cooperative games thermostatically controlled loads transactive control |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/21/6971 |
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