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Item Approximating the solution of an economic MPC using artificial neural networks(IEEE Xplore, 2024-05-21) Alarcón, Rodrigo Germán; Alarcón, Martín Alejandro; González, Alejandro H.; Ferramosca, AntonioAbstract: Economic model predictive control is a recognized advanced control strategy which calculates control actions by solving an optimization problem in real time. The issue of numerical computation is the main barrier to implementing this type of controller. Deep learning has emerged as a promising solution to reduce the computational cost. This paper proposes a deep learning approximation of an Economic MPC, particularly with artificial neural networks, of the control strategy for managing energy resources in a residential microgrid. Operational data were generated from the solution established by the controller to train, validate and test the neural network using Matlab. Simulation results showed that the proposed approach can approximate the control strategy correctly.Item A scenario-based economic-stochastic model predictive control for the management of microgrids(ScienceDirect, 2023-12) Alarcón, Martín Alejandro; Alarcón, Rodrigo Germán; González, Alejandro H.; Ferramosca, AntonioAbstract The world’s electricity generation is heavily dependent on the consumption of fossil fuels. Electric generation from renewable resources is necessary due to the imperative need to reduce greenhouse gases to avoid a climate crisis. These resources exhibit random and intermittent behaviour. Therefore, there is a need to develop new management and control tools for these insertions into the current electricity system. Microgrids have become an effective tool to solve this problem, where these control systems play a principal role. For this reason, an optimal control structure consisting of two Model Predictive Control strategies is proposed for a microgrid Energy Management System. The first controller aims to optimise the microgrid’s economic performance under an established criterion, using nominal forecasts of the disturbances on the system, such as the energy generated by renewable resources. The second is a stochastic approach using scenario-based methods to consider forecast errors in the nominal predictions used for the disturbances. The simulations were carried out on a microgrid model corresponding to the National Technological University, Reconquista Regional Faculty, highlighting that actual samples of energy consumption are available. It is worth noting that with the proposed structure, optimal solutions are obtained considering the random behaviour of the disturbances, without making assumptions about the distribution functions of the random variables. Moreover, it applies to different scales of microgrids.Item Artificial neural networks for energy demand prediction in an economic MPC-Based energy management system(International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2024-10-20) Alarcón, Rodrigo Germán; Alarcón, Martín Alejandro; González, Alejandro H.; Ferramosca, AntonioABSTRACT Microgrids are a development trend and have attracted a lot of attention worldwide. The control system plays a crucial role in implementing these systems and, due to their complexity, artificial intelligence techniques represent some enabling technologies for their future development and success. In this paper, we propose a novel formulation of an economic model predictive control (economic MPC) applied to a microgrid designed for a faculty building with the inclusion of a predictive model to deal with the energy demand disturbance using a recurrent neural network of the long short-term memory (RNN-LSTM). First, we develop a framework to identify an RNN-LSTM using historical data registered by a smart three-phase power quality analyzer to provide feedforward power demand predictions. Next, we present an economic MPC formulation that includes the prediction model for the disturbance within the optimization problem to be solved by the MPC strategy. We carried out simulations with different scenarios of energy consumption, available resources, and simulation times to highlight the results obtained and analyze the performance of the energy management system. In all cases, we observed the correct operation of the proposed control scheme, complying at all times with the objectives and operational restrictions imposed on the system.Item LSTM recurrent neural network for energy demand forecasting(2023-05-16) Alarcón, Rodrigo Germán; Alarcón, Martín Alejandro; González, Alejandro H.; Ferramosca, AntonioAbstract—Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) of the Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) type provide high accuracy in predicting sequential models in various application domains. As in most process control problems, their dynamics include non manipulated variables that need to be predicted. This paper proposes using an LSTM neural network for energy demand forecasting, which applies to an Economic Model Predictive Control (EMPC) as a forecasting tool. For the training, data are taken from a three-phase intelligent power quality analyser located at the National Technological University, Reconquista Regional Faculty (Santa Fe, Argentina). A recursive strategy is used to update the state of the neural network and forecast over different prediction horizons. The accuracy achieved in training the neural network is measured using the root mean square error (RMSE) metric. Experimental results show that the proposed LSTM neural network has excellent generalisation capability.Item Cooperative n-personal games in the coalitional economic control of a microgrid community(2023-05-16) Alarcón, Martín Alejandro; Alarcón, Rodrigo Germán; González, Alejandro H.; Ferramosca, AntonioAbstract—The deployment of microgrids connected to an electricity grid is increasing every day. These energy districts with their control system are the intelligent nodes of future electricity grids; therefore, strategies for managing these new systems must be developed and proposed. This paper presents a novel coalitional economic model predictive control strategy for managing a microgrid community. Because coalitional control considers the dynamic variation of coalitions of agents, a coop erative n-personal game with economic aspects occurs to decide which coalition to build, where the optimal control strategy to solve for each of these coalitions also takes place. Furthermore, an example proposes an economic criterion for using both the cooperative game and the control strategy for each coalition. Finally, some results on coalition formation are presented for the example mentioned above.