Production Cost Models (PCM) computes the time-varying dispatch schedules for each resource using simplified models. Emerging resources including IESs and industrial demand response need to determine the optimal operations strategy to track their market dispatch signal. The Tracker formulates these decisions as a model predictive control (MPC) problem. The figure below shows an example of the optimal tracking from an integrated energy system which consists of a thermal generator and an energy storage. The figure shows that to track the dispatch (load) the energy system can optimally use power output from charging and discharging cycle.
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