Impacts of plug-in hybrid vehicles and combined heat and power technologies on electric and gas distribution network losses

Distribution network operators (DNOs) require strategies that can offset the tradeoffs new embedded technologies have on their assets. This paper employs modelling to show that through control device manipulation, gas and electric (G&E) network operators can influence savings in energy losses un...

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Published in2009 IEEE PES/IAS Conference on Sustainable Alternative Energy (SAE) pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors Acha, S, Green, T C, Shah, N
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2009
Subjects
Cogeneration
Combined heat and power
distributed generation
distribution network operation
natural gas
optimal power flow
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
power losses
Vehicles
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Summary:Distribution network operators (DNOs) require strategies that can offset the tradeoffs new embedded technologies have on their assets. This paper employs modelling to show that through control device manipulation, gas and electric (G&E) network operators can influence savings in energy losses under the presence of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) and combined heat and power technologies (CHPs). An integrated gas and electric optimal power flow (OPF) tool is introduced to undertake various case studies. The OPF tool evaluates the technical impacts experienced in the networks when DNOs apply a "plug and forget" operation strategy and then compares the results against a "loss minimisation" strategy. Results show the benefits in applying different strategies are more considerable in electric networks than in gas networks. The study corroborates that an integrated G&E analysis offers a fresh perspective for stakeholders in evaluating energy service networks performance under different operation strategies.
ISBN:9781424444304
1424444306
DOI:10.1109/SAE.2009.5534862