Coordinate Dispatch of Combined Heat and Power System Based on Approximate Dynamic Programming

Combined heat and power (CHP) can simultaneously produce electrical and thermal energy. CHP is an important and main component of the power system in areas with heat demand. However, its operating mode limits the flexibility of the system and aggravates the waste of renewable energy. This paper presents a coordinate dispatch algorithm for electric heating integrated energy system (EHIES), a combined heat and power system with wind power. An efficient optimization algorithm based on dynamic programming (DP) is developed, which overcomes the challenges of solving high dimensional optimization problems for the EHIES. The results of simulation experiments show that the proposed coordinate dispatch algorithm can meet the scheduling time requirements, reduce the operating cost of the system and realize the full consumption of wind power.