Energy management platform for large-scale heterogeneous energy systems: Design, implementation and application

The unified dispatching and integrated management of heterogeneous energy systems are the keys to fully utilizing the complementary advantages of multiple energy sources. Data from such energy management platforms can contribute to the digital transformation of multienergy systems to realize data services and added business value. In this paper, in accordance with the characteristics and operational requirements of the heterogeneous energy system in the Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, a flexible, universal, and intelligent energy management platform is designed as a cloud base. This platform integrates intelligent electronic devices, cloud components, PaaS parallel stream computing, and cloud-edge collaborative technology. The proposed platform has the functions of supervisory control, intelligent interaction, optimization and decision-making, and other energy management services, through which it can improve the coordinated and optimized operation capacity and energy utilization rate of the heterogeneous energy system in the Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center. The proposed design scheme can be used as a reference for constructing an integrated management platform for heterogeneous urban energy systems.