A Collaborative Energy Management in Renewable-based Water-energy Nexus Multi-microgrid System Using Dynamic Demand Response

Ahmadi, Ahmad Ali; Karimi, Hamid; Hasanzadeh, Saeed

doi:10.30511/pcdp.2026.2090585.1080

A Collaborative Energy Management in Renewable-based Water-energy Nexus Multi-microgrid System Using Dynamic Demand Response

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Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Ahmad Ali Ahmadi ¹

Hamid Karimi ²

Saeed Hasanzadeh ³

¹ Qom university of technology

² Assistant Professor, Qom University of Technology

³ Qom university of tehnology

10.30511/pcdp.2026.2090585.1080

Abstract

This paper proposes a collaborative energy management in the water-energy nexus multi-microgrid systems. In this model, several microgrids collaborate together to form a large coalition and perform a centralized energy scheduling in order to minimize the total costs. In the water section, the microgrids utilize the water desalination unit and underground water sources to supply the freshwater. Also, they operate the water storage tank to enable the water flexibility for the microgrids. In the electrical section, the renewable energy sources, capstone microturbine, and battery storage systems are considered to keep the balance between the generation and demands. In this section, a dynamic demand response program is introduced that calculate the up-ward and down-ward potential of different microgrids based on their load consumption profiles. The numerical results shows that performing the dynamic demand response programs reduces the operating cost and energy not supplied of microgrids by 8.35 % and 91.43 %, respectively.

Keywords

multi-microgrid

collaborative mechanism

water-energy nexus

demand response program

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