Agent-Based Simulation for Interconnection-Scale Renewable Integration and Demand Response Studies

Date

2015

Authors

Chassin, David P.
Behboodi, Sahand
Crawford, Curran
Djilali, Ned

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Publisher

Engineering

Abstract

This paper collects and synthesizes the technical requirements, implementation, and validation methods for quasi-steady agent-based simulations of interconnectionscale models with particular attention to the integration of renewable generation and controllable loads. Approaches for modeling aggregated controllable loads are presented and placed in the same control and economic modeling framework as generation resources for interconnection planning studies. Model performance is examined with system parameters that are typical for an interconnection approximately the size of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) and a control area about 1/100 the size of the system. These results are used to demonstrate and validate the methods presented.

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Keywords

interconnection studies, demand response, load control, renewable integration, agent-based simulation, electricity markets

Citation

Chassin, D.P., Behboodi, S., Crawford, C. & Djilali, N. (2015). Agent-Based Simulation for Interconnection-Scale Renewable Integration and Demand Response Studies. Engineering, 1(4), 422-435. http://dx.doi.org/10.15302/J-ENG-2015109