Energy Management System for a Smart Green Nanogrid feeding a Research Laboratory with Autonomous Mobile Robots

Abstract

This paper proposes a mixed-integer linear programming optimization model used to define an energy management system tailored for nanogrids in buildings, integrating renewable energy sources, battery energy storage systems and task-executing autonomous mobile robots. Focused on a nanogrid to be realised at the Savona Campus of the University of Genoa, the energy management system optimizes power flows and robot task scheduling in order to minimize the operating costs, the curtailment of the photovoltaic source and the number of unperformed tasks. Its novelty lies in combining energy and task planning constraints, offering significant potential for sustainable building energy management.