Economic Model Predictive Control of Industrial Demand Response

Abstract

Large industrial factories can actively participate in the energy market. This does not only provide flexibility for the electrical grids, but also may introduce auxiliary options to their primary business models. However, Demand Response stays usually in contradiction with the production goals. Supplementary revenue contracts with the energy suppliers may help here to balance resulting production losses, thereby revealing a necessity for a trade-off. In this sense, we suggest a concept of demand response utilizing model predictive control for optimal adjustment of the production rate. In particular, in our study we consider the production lines of beverage factories as a use-case.