Optimal energy exchange schemes in smart grid networks: A contract theoretic approach

Ke Zhang, Yuming Mao, Supeng Leng, Ming Zeng, Liang Xu, Li Jiang, Alexey Vinel

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Abstract

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) is a promising paradigm to alleviate energy supply and demand imbalance of the grid. To further improve the power transmission efficiency, in this paper, we propose a cloudlet-based Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) energy exchange framework. In the framework, the Energy Switch Center (ESC) serves as a trading broker, which purchases electricity from discharging vehicles and then resells it to the charging ones without energy transmission on the grid. The energy trading process is modeled in a contract theoretic approach. We derive the optimal feasible contracts which maximize the profit of the ESC. Furthermore, we systematically study the practical scenario where both the charging demand and renewable energy supplement are random variables, and propose a practical optimal contract-based electricity purchase scheme. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can efficiently increase the profit of the ESC than the other mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, ICCC 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509021437
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Oct 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event2016 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, ICCC 2016 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 27 Jul 201629 Jul 2016

Publication series

Name2016 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, ICCC 2016

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, ICCC 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period27/07/1629/07/16

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