Economic Model Predictive Control for energy management in a microgrid

This article proposes a design strategy for energy flow controllers in microgrids with renewable generation within the framework of Economic Model Predictive Control (EMPC). The model used is made up of a storage system and a generation source, considering the possibility of exchanging energy with the main network, thus allowing to the microgrid, through the proposed control strategy, the possibility of acting and participating within the electrical market. The proposed functional for the controller considers costs of use for the microgrid systems, as well the benefit from sale of energy to the main electrical network. The operation of the system is checked by simulating it in different scenarios.