Decision support for strategic microgrid design integrating governance, business, intelligence, communication, and physical perspectives

verfasst von

Jana Gerlach, Sarah Eckhoff, Michael H. Breitner

Abstract

Microgrids are custom-designed, but their extensive design options hinder their dissemination. Consequently, microgrid-interested parties need strategic support to identify suitable design options for their use case. This paper develops a decision support artifact in the form of a decision tree for recommending the most suitable microgrid design for a project. A multi-step design science-oriented process was used. First, a morphological analysis of academic literature was conducted to deduce all possible microgrid design options and visualize them in a morphological box. Once done, 62 real-world microgrids of diverse types and locations were classified according to the morphological box. The produced dataset was used to derive five microgrid design archetypes algorithmically using cluster analysis. The dataset and their associated archetypes were then fed into a rule-mining algorithm to generate a decision tree that recommends the appropriate microgrid archetype based on up to four questions about, for instance, the microgrid's objective and the connectivity to the main grid. Furthermore, design principles for each microgrid archetype recommendation were formulated. The developed design artifact serves as applicable knowledge and a benchmark framework for researchers, as well as a comprehensive and simultaneously simplified decision-making framework for practitioners.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Sustainable cities and society

Band

113

Anzahl der Seiten

19

ISSN

2210-6707

Publikationsdatum

15.10.2024

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Geografie, Planung und Entwicklung, Tief- und Ingenieurbau, Erneuerbare Energien, Nachhaltigkeit und Umwelt, Verkehr

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 7 – Erschwingliche und saubere Energie

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105672 (Zugang: Offen)