Occam's Razor in Residential PV-Battery Systems: Theoretical Interpretation, Practical Implications, and Possible Improvements

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dc.contributor.authorFarrokhabadi, Mostafa
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-26T21:06:46Z
dc.date.available2024-12-26T21:06:46Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-07
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a theoretical interpretation and explores possible improvements of a widely adopted rule-based control for residential solar photovoltaics (PV) paired with battery storage systems (BSS). The method is referred to as Occam's control in this paper, given its simplicity and as a tribute to the 14th-century William of Ockham. Using the self-consumption-maximization application, it is proven that Occam's control is a special case of a larger category of optimization methods called online convex learning. Thus, for the first time, a theoretical upper bound is derived for this control method. Furthermore, based on the theoretical insight, an alternative algorithm is devised on the same complexity level that outperforms Occam's. Practical data is used to evaluate the performance of these learning methods as compared to the classical rolling-horizon linear programming. Findings support online learning methods for residential applications given their low complexity and small computation, communication, and data footprint. Consequences include improved economics for residential PV-BSS systems and mitigation of distribution systems' operational challenges associated with high PV penetration.
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dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2025.352
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-8-8
dc.identifier.other92cca7a8-fa30-4302-9875-0448e9aeead5
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/109194
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectDistributed, Renewable, and Mobile Resources
dc.subjectenergy arbitrage, online convex learning, peak shaving, residential energy management systems
dc.titleOccam's Razor in Residential PV-Battery Systems: Theoretical Interpretation, Practical Implications, and Possible Improvements
dc.typeConference Paper
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