Bo Zhou

Bo Zhou


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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21 May 2024 in Energies
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BZBo Zhou
Bo Zhou
ELErchao Li
Erchao Li
Aiming at the problem of source-load uncertainty caused by the increasing penetration of renewable energy and the large-scale integration of electric vehicles (EVs) into modern power system, a robust optimal operation scheduling algorithm for regional integrated energy systems (RIESs) with such uncertain situations is urgently needed. Based on this background, aiming at the problem of the irregular charging demand of EV, this paper first proposes an EV charging demand model based on the trip chain theory. Secondly, a multi-RIES optimization operation model including a shared energy storage station (SESS) and integrated demand response (IDR) is established. Aiming at the uncertainty problem of renewable energy, this paper transforms this kind of problem into a dynamic robust optimization with time-varying parameters and proposes an improved robust optimization over time (ROOT) algorithm based on the scenario method and establishes an optimal scheduling mode with the minimum daily operation cost of a multi-regional integrated energy system. Finally, the proposed uncertainty analysis method is verified by an example of multi-RIES. The simulation results show that in the case of the improved ROOT proposed in this paper to solve the robust solution of renewable energy, compared with the traditional charging load demand that regards the EVs as a whole, the EV charging load demand based on the trip chain can reduce the cost of EV charging by 3.5% and the operating cost of the multi-RIES by 11.7%. With the increasing number of EVs, the choice of the starting point of the future EV trip chain is more variable, and the choice of charging methods is more abundant. Therefore, modeling the charging demand of EVs under more complex trip chains is the work that needs to be studied in the future.

20 August 2024 in IEEE Access
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BZBo Zhou
Bo Zhou
ELErchao Li
Erchao Li
Under the background of low-carbon and efficient development of energy system, renewable energy will be vigorously developed and gradually become the main force of energy system. However, renewable energy has great uncertainty and randomness due to its own formation characteristics. In order to solve this problem and reduce the carbon emission of regional integrated energy system (RIES), first introduces the optimal structure of RIES considering shared energy storage system (SESS) and power-to-gas (P2G). Secondly, a ladder type reward-punishment carbon trading mechanism model is proposed, which considers the reward and punishment interval of carbon emissions. At the meantime, an improved robust optimization over time (ROOT) method based on index contribution degree is proposed for dynamic problem considering uncertainty, based on the effect of each solution operator in the robust solution calculation process. Finally, a scheduling model with the lowest daily operation cost is established, and the effectiveness of the proposed low-carbon operation method is verified by comparison. Experimental results show that under the same dynamic test environment, the calculation accuracy of the improved ROOT method based on the contribution degree is increased by 3.56% on average, the calculation time is shortened by 2.93% on average. Meanwhile, the carbon emission can be reduced by 8.13% by adopting the carbon emission reduction measures, which ensures the system under low-carbon conditions.

10 September 2024 in Electric Power Systems Research
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BZBo Zhou
Bo Zhou
ELErchao Li
Erchao Li

7 June 2024 in Applied Sciences
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BZBo Zhou
Bo Zhou
ELErchao Li
Erchao Li
As an emerging energy allocation method, shared energy storage devices play an important role in modern power systems. At the same time, with the continuous improvement in renewable energy penetration, modern power systems are facing more uncertainties from the source side. Therefore, a robust optimization algorithm that considers both shared energy storage devices and source-side uncertainty is needed. Responding to the above issues, this paper first establishes an optimal model of a regional integrated energy system with shared energy storage. Secondly, the uncertainty problem is transformed into a dynamic optimization problem with time-varying parameters, and a modified robust optimization over time algorithm combined with scenario analysis is proposed to solve such optimization problems. Finally, an optimal scheduling objective function with the lowest operating cost of the system as the optimization objective is established. In the experimental part, this paper first establishes a dynamic benchmark test function to verify the validity of proposed method. Secondly, the multi-mode actual verification of the proposed algorithm is carried out through a regional integrated energy system. The simulation results show that the modified robust optimization over time (ROOT) algorithm could find solutions with better robustness in the same dynamic environment based on the two-stage evaluation strategy. Compared with the existing algorithms, the average fitness and survival time of the robust solution obtained by the modified ROOT algorithm are increased by 94.41% and 179.78%. At the same time, the operating cost of the system is reduced by 11.65% by using the combined optimization scheduling method proposed in this paper.