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Optimized energy management for large organizations utilizing an on-site PHEV fleet, storage devices and renewable electricity generation

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This paper focuses on the daily electricity management problem for organizations with a large number of employees working within a relatively small geographic location. The organization manages its electric grid including limited on-site energy generation facilities, energy storage facilities, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) charging stations installed in the parking lots. A mixed integer linear program (MILP) is modeled and implemented to assist the organization in determining the temporal allocation of available resources that will minimize energy costs. We consider two cost compensation strategies for PHEV owners: (1) cost equivalent battery replacement reimbursement for utilizing vehicle to grid (V2G) services from PHEVs; (2) gasoline equivalent cost for undercharging of PHEV batteries. Our case study, based on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) campus, produced encouraging results and substantiates the importance of controlled PHEV fleet charging as opposed to uncontrolled charging methods. We further established the importance of realizing V2G capabilities provided by PHEVs in terms of significantly reducing energy costs for the organization.

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    Yogesh Dashora & J. Wesley Barnes

  2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA

    Rekha S. Pillai, Todd Combs & Michael Hilliard

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Dashora, Y., Barnes, J.W., Pillai, R.S. et al. Optimized energy management for large organizations utilizing an on-site PHEV fleet, storage devices and renewable electricity generation. Energy Syst 3, 133–151 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12667-012-0053-1

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