An Optimal Dispatch Algorithm for Managing Residential Distributed Energy Resources

This paper deals with a residential hybrid thermal/electrical grid-connected home energy system, including a fuel-cell with combined heat and power (CHP) and a battery as energy storage system (ESS). A day-ahead scheduling algorithm for managing different resources is developed to generate an efficient look-up table that determines an optimal operation schedule for the distributed energy resources at each time interval, so that the operation cost of a smart house is minimized. The impact of the electricity tariff and the efficiency of the energy storage system are considered when optimizing the operation schedules.