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

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

doi:10.15302/J-ENG-2015109

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Engineering ›› 2015, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (4) : 422-435. DOI: 10.15302/J-ENG-2015109

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

David P. Chassin¹^,²^,³ ,
Sahand Behboodi¹^,² ,
Curran Crawford¹^,² ,
Ned Djilali¹^,²^,⁴

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This paper collects and synthesizes the technical requirements, implementation, and validation methods for quasi-steady agent-based simulations of interconnection-scale 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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interconnection studies / demand response / load control / renewable integration / agent-based simulation / electricity markets

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David P. Chassin, Sahand Behboodi, Curran Crawford, Ned Djilali. Agent-Based Simulation for Interconnection-Scale Renewable Integration and Demand Response Studies. Engineering, 2015, 1(4): 422‒435 https://doi.org/10.15302/J-ENG-2015109

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Acknowledgements

This work was funded in part by Natural Resources Canada and by the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute for the US Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830.

Compliance with ethics guidelines

David P. Chassin, Sahand Behboodi, Curran Crawford, and Ned Djilali declare that they have no conflict of interest or financial conflicts to disclose.