ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the dynamic and temporal flexibility analyses that have been enhanced with the simulation-based optimization strategies. It also presents several case studies that are used to demonstrate the important roles of flexibility analyses in evaluating the operational performance of a given hybrid power system for standalone applications. By adopting a system of differential algebraic equations (DAEs) as the model constraints, they developed a mathematical programming formulation for computing the dynamic flexibility index (FId). The simulation-based vertex method is believed to be especially attractive in assessing the operational flexibility of a complex process in which a large variety of different units are integrated to achieve a common objective. By incorporating the independently developed and individually modularized simulation codes for all embedded components into a generalized framework, any system configuration can be analyzed and evaluated efficiently.
