A New Energy Hub Scheduling Model Considering Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Programs as Energy Democracy Policy

Nowadays, the energy hub as one of the most interesting aspects of smart grid power system concept has been emerged. The heat energy market is a novel concept in the energy hub scheduling problem. Furthermore, the demand side Energy Efficiency Programs (EEPs) and Demand Response Programs (DRPs) as energy democracy policy plays important role in the smart grid power system. It is should be noted that although the EEPs are mid-term programs but, effects of EEPs on the short term programs such as energy hub scheduling programs are impressive. Therefore, in this paper a new model of the energy hub scheduling is provided associated with EEPs and DRPs. Also, the heat energy market has been considered to increase the efficiency of the proposed energy hub framework. In this regard, the various type of demand such as electrical, thermal and gas is considered in the provided structure. The proposed Mixed Integer Linear Programing (MILP) Model is implemented with CPLEX solver in GAMS Environment. The results of the study shows that the EEPs and DRPs has a significant impact of the operation cost on the energy hub system.