scholarly journals A Trustworthy Communication Hub for Cyber-Physical Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Juhani Latvakoski ◽  
Jouni Heikkinen
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Cyber Physical Systems ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Distributed Energy Resources ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Distributed Energy ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Physical Resources ◽  
Efficient Resource ◽  
Related Service

The motivation for this research arises from the challenges in the trustworthy communications related operation of cyber-physical systems (CPS), especially in the energy and mobility domains. The increasing amount of distributed energy resources (DERs) of prosumers and electric vehicles requires new ways for CPS communications to enable information exchanges for smart operation in peak consumption hours and balancing power levels in the energy grids in order to lower the energy cost. The huge number of mobile appliances and the related service providers do not serve properly the privacy of the owners, owing to the vertical silo type of operating model in industries. As the results of this research, we provide a trustworthy communication hub for CPS (CPS hub) for solving the challenges related to trustworthy communications between physical resources owned by different stakeholders. The CPS hub realizes the communication spaces concept, and enables combined trust and communications processes when dynamic resources owned by different stakeholders are exchanging information. The evaluations showed that the provided CPS hub enable information exchanges between distributed energy resources of different stakeholders, so that they can join the aggregation process for more flexible and efficient resource usage in energy markets. The CPS hub enable interaction between heterogeneous physical devices of multiple stakeholders to exchange information so that, for example, authorities can see the situation in the emergency area and, simultaneously, the policies of the owners can be taken into concern. Despite limited evaluation scenarios, it is shown that consideration of the ownership issues in the trustworthy communication for information exchanges between heterogeneous physical resources (devices) is possible and feasible. Several future research items, such as, for example, scalability; real-time and streams based operation; as well as consideration of the security, privacy, trust, and safety challenges, were detected. However, the evaluations showed that the constructed CPS hub contribute a set of very essential technical enablers for future smart CPS systems and create strong a basis for such future research towards a future smart society.

scholarly journals Review of Computational Intelligence Methods for Local Energy Markets at the Power Distribution Level to Facilitate the Integration of Distributed Energy Resources: State-of-the-art and Future Research

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavlos S. Georgilakis
Keyword(s):  
Power Distribution ◽  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Energy Markets ◽  
Optimal Operation ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Distributed Energy Resources ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Local Energy ◽  
Distributed Energy ◽  
Computational Intelligence Methods

The massive integration of distributed energy resources in power distribution systems in combination with the active network management that is implemented thanks to innovative information and communication technologies has created the smart distribution systems of the new era. This new environment introduces challenges for the optimal operation of the smart distribution network. Local energy markets at power distribution level are highly investigated in recent years. The aim of local energy markets is to optimize the objectives of market participants, e.g., to minimize the network operation cost for the distribution network operator, to maximize the profit of the private distributed energy resources, and to minimize the electricity cost for the consumers. Several models and methods have been suggested for the design and optimal operation of local energy markets. This paper introduces an overview of the state-of-the-art computational intelligence methods applied to the optimal operation of local energy markets, classifying and analyzing current and future research directions in this area.

scholarly journals The Next-Generation Retail Electricity Market in the Context of Distributed Energy Resources: Vision and Integrating Framework

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josue do Prado ◽  
Wei Qiao ◽  
Liyan Qu ◽  
Julio Agüero
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Market ◽  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Distributed Energy Resources ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Distributed Energy ◽  
New Business ◽  
New Business Models

The increasing adoption of distributed energy resources (DERs) and smart grid technologies (SGTs) by end-user retail customers is changing significantly both technical and economic operations in the distribution grid. The next-generation retail electricity market will promote decentralization, efficiency, and competitiveness by accommodating existing and new agents through new business models and transactive approaches in an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). However, these changes will bring several technical challenges to be addressed in transmission and distribution systems. Considerable activities have been carried out worldwide to study the impacts of integrating DERs into the grid and in the wholesale electricity market. However, the big vision and framework of the next-generation retail market in the context of DERs is still unclear. This paper aims to present a brief review of the present retail electricity market, some recent developments, and a comprehensive vision of the next-generation retail electricity market by describing its expected characteristics, challenges, needs, and future research topics to be addressed. A framework of integrating retail and wholesale electricity markets is also presented and discussed. The proposed vision and framework particularly highlight the necessity of new business models and regulatory initiatives to establish decentralized markets for DERs at the retail level as well as advances in technology and infrastructure necessary to allow the widespread use of DERs in active and effective ways.

scholarly journals Review of protection aspects of microgrid devices

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 212
Author(s):  
Ashoke Kumar Basu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Resources ◽  
Distributed Energy Resources ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Distributed Energy ◽  
Protection Scheme ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Selection Of

<p>A microgrid is required to provide reliable, quality and efficient supply of both electricity and heat demands to its customers when operates either in autonomous or in grid-connected modes. In this context, it is most important to address a comprehensive protection scheme of the microgrid suiting both the modes of operations. This paper concentrates on the impacts of various devices, like distributed energy resources (DERs), transformers, switches, microgrid topology, communication type, grounding type, to name a few, on the microgrid protection systems. The paper reviewes previous works for the various aspects, like characteristics, construction, of these devices in the light of protection. This review-work is useful for future research in the field of microgrid protection as well as in the selection of its devices.</p>

Main features of an aggregator’s platform for the management of distributed energy resources – PASCAL project case study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Marco Tina ◽  
Salvatore Cavalieri ◽  
Gian Giuseppe Soma ◽  
Gianni Viano ◽  
Sebastiano De Fiore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Resources ◽  
Distributed Energy Resources ◽  
Distributed Energy
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