Data-driven modeling of solar-powered urban microgrids
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Halu, Arda; Scala, Antonio; Khiyami, Abdulaziz; Gonzalez, Marta C.
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Distributed generation takes center stage in today’s rapidly changing energy landscape. Particularly, locally matching demand and generation in the form of microgrids is becoming a promising alternative to the central distribution paradigm. Infrastructure networks have long been a major focus of complex networks research with their spatial considerations. We present a systemic study of solar-powered microgrids in the urban context, obeying real hourly consumption patterns and spatial constraints of the city. We propose a microgrid model and study its citywide implementation, identifying the self-sufficiency and temporal properties of microgrids. Using a simple optimization scheme, we find microgrid configurations that result in increased resilience under cost constraints. We characterize load-related failures solving power flows in the networks, and we show the robustness behavior of urban microgrids with respect to optimization using percolation methods. Our findings hint at the existence of an optimal balance between cost and robustness in urban microgrids.
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2016-01Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringJournal
Science Advances
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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Halu, A., A. Scala, A. Khiyami, and M. C. Gonzalez. “Data-Driven Modeling of Solar-Powered Urban Microgrids.” Science Advances 2, no. 1 (January 15, 2016): e1500700–e1500700.
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2375-2548