Residential Energy Storage Management With Bidirectional Energy Control

We consider the residential energy storage management system with integrated renewable generation and the availability of bidirectional energy flow from and to the grid through buying and selling. We propose a real-time bidirectional energy control algorithm, aiming to minimize the net system cost from energy buying and selling as well as battery deterioration and storage inefficiency within a given time period, subject to the battery operational constraints and energy buying and selling constraints. We formulate the problem as a stochastic control optimization problem. We then modify and transform this difficult problem into one that enables us to develop the real-time energy control algorithm through Lyapunov optimization. Our developed algorithm is applicable to arbitrary and unknown statistics of renewable generation, load, and electricity prices. It provides a simple clued-form control solution based on only current system states, and requires a minimum complexity for real-time implementation. Furthermore, the solution structure reveals how the battery energy level and energy prices affect the energy flow direction and storage decision. The proposed algorithm possesses a bounded performance guarantee to that of the optimal non-causal T-slot look-ahead control policy. Simulation shows the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm as compared with alternative real-time and non-causal algorithms, and demonstrates the effect of selling-to-buying price ratio and battery inefficiency on the storage behavior and system cost.