A multi-energy system optimisation software for advance process control using hypernetworks and a micro-service architecture

Charlesworth, R, Naik, K, Charlesworth, T, O'Dwyer, E, Ianakiev, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1413-8110, Johnson, J, Boukhanouf, R, Gillott, M, Sellwood, V and Aloor, J, 2021. A multi-energy system optimisation software for advance process control using hypernetworks and a micro-service architecture. Energy Reports, 7 (supp 4), pp. 167-175. ISSN 2352-4847

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Abstract

This paper describes a multi-energy system optimisation software, “Sustainable Energy Management System” (SEMS), developed as part of a Siemens, Greater London Authority and Royal Borough of Greenwich partnership in collaboration with the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Imperial College London. The software was developed for application at a social housing estate in Greenwich, London, as part of the Borough’s efforts to retrofit the energy systems and building fabric of its housing stock. Its purpose is to balance energy across vectors and networks through day-ahead forecasting and optimisations that can be interpreted as control outputs for energy plant such as a water source heat pump, district heating pumps and values, power switchgear, gas boilers, a thermal store, electric vehicle chargers and a photovoltaic array. The optimisation objectives are to minimise greenhouse gas emissions and operational cost. The tool uses Hypernetwork Theory based orchestration coupled with a microservice architecture. The distributed nature of the design ensures flexibility and scalability. Currently, microservices have been programmed to forecast domestic heating demand, domestic electricity demand, electric vehicle demand, solar photovoltaic generation, ground temperature, and to run a day-ahead energy balance optimisation. This paper presents the results from both domestic heat and electricity demand forecasting, as well as the overall design and integration of the software with a physical system. The works build on that of O’Dwyer, et al. (2020) who developed a preliminary energy management software and digital twin. Their work acts as a foundation for this real-world commercialisation-ready program that integrates with physical assets.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Energy Reports
Creators:	Charlesworth, R., Naik, K., Charlesworth, T., O'Dwyer, E., Ianakiev, A., Johnson, J., Boukhanouf, R., Gillott, M., Sellwood, V. and Aloor, J.
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date:	October 2021
Volume:	7
Number:	supp 4
ISSN:	2352-4847
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.egyr.2021.08.159 DOI 1476757 Other S2352484721007629 Publisher Item Identifier
Rights:	© 2021 the authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
Record created by:	Jeremy Silvester
Date Added:	08 Oct 2021 15:39
Last Modified:	29 Oct 2021 14:55
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/44373

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