Kolokotsa DionysiaΚολοκοτσα ΔιονυσιαProvata EleniΠροβατα Ελενη2024-10-312024-10-3120142014-12-15Eleni Provata, "Development of optimization algorithms for a smart grid community", Master Thesis, School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, 2014Ελένη Προβατά, "Development of optimization algorithms for a smart grid community", Μεταπτυχιακή Διατριβή, Σχολή Μηχανικών Περιβάλλοντος, Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης, Χανιά, Ελλάς, 2014https://dspace.library.tuc.gr/handle/123456789/1070The aim of this work is the development of an optimization model in order to minimize the cost of Leaf Community microgrid. This cost is a sum of energy cost and the maintenance cost of the Energy storage system. The developed objective function is constrained and the problem here is solved by using the method of genetic algorithms at Matlab. The genetic algorithm decides about the transportation of the energy from or to the ESS and it calculates an optimum cost. The optimization time horizon is 24 h ahead, thus the prediction of energy production and consumption was necessary. This was achieved by using neural networks. In order to verify the performance of the developed optimization model, some scenarios were tested evaluated. This study concludes that a management of a microgrid can achieve energy and money savings.111 pagesenhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Green energy investmentInvestment in clean energyclean energy investmentgreen energy investmentinvestment in clean energyOptimization, Constrainedconstrained optimizationoptimization constrainedIndustrial energy consumptionindustries energy consumptionindustrial energy consumptionArtificial neural networksNets, Neural (Computer science)Networks, Neural (Computer science)Neural nets (Computer science)neural networks computer scienceartificial neural networksnets neural computer sciencenetworks neural computer scienceneural nets computer scienceAlternate energy sourcesAlternative energy sourcesEnergy sources, RenewableRenewable energy resourcesSustainable energy sourcesrenewable energy sourcesalternate energy sourcesalternative energy sourcesenergy sources renewablerenewable energy resourcessustainable energy sourcesΜεταπτυχιακή Διατριβή