district energy management simulation framework with rolling horizon approach

Abstract

The decarbonization of the energy sector brings new challenges and opportunities, especially operational-wise. Due to the nature of renewable energies to be on one side volatile but on the other side can be installed decentrally, the demand of energy management systems for districts with local energy production and consumption is rising, especially for heat and electricity. Most research focuses on either one algorithm to optimize the operation of such a multi-energy system or implements a simulation but omits a more realistic operation where prognosis data change over the course of time in a rolling horizon fashion. To aid the investigation of the operation of such district multi-energy systems, we propose Quarter Energy Management System (QEMS), a district energy management system with co-simulation capabilities. Our system is able to simulate different multi-energy systems and has a modular, microservice-based, approach to incorporate different simulators for energy devices and optimization algorithms.