System-level control #542
Description
As the systems modeled with H2Integrate become more complex, there is increasing interest in more complex control. This issue to discuss how we should go about implementing more advanced system-level control.
Current system control capabilities:
Demand dispatch:
- Meet a demand with series of connected generation technologies where each generation tech in the line tries to meet the unmet demand
- Meet a combined load of multiple technologies by combining the loads into one load
- Dispatch a single storage technology with knowledge of the generation and generation technology capabilities via linearized models in Pyomo
Desired capabilities
- Other dispatch objectives (cost minimization, peak load management, reliability, etc)
- System-aware (feedback) control without duplicate modeling (OpenMDAO and Pyomo)
- Control framework that is easily extensible to larger systems and new technologies
Related concerns that are out of scope
- Sub-hour time steps (Allow variable time step number and length #204)
- Financial calculations for simulations that are longer or shorter than a year (related to Update ProFAST finance models to use utilization instead of capacity (1 of 3) #485)