Electric Power ›› 2020, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (10): 113-122.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202002013

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Coordinated Optimization Operation Strategy for Multi-Energy Center with Power-to-Gas Devices

ZHANG Lei1, QIN Guangyu2, LIU Yaling3   

  1. 1. China General Nuclear New Energy Holding Co. Ltd., Hohhot 010020, China;
    2. College of Economic and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China;
    3. Energy Internet Committee of China Energy Research Association, Beijing 100000, China
  • Received:2020-02-03 Revised:2020-03-21 Published:2020-10-05
  • Supported by:
    This work is surpported by National Social Science Foundation of China (Research on Smart Energy Innovation Mode and Policy Coordination Mechanism for National Energy Security, No.19ZDA081) and the 2018 Key Projects of Philosophy and Social Sciences Research, Ministry of Education of China (Research on Constructing Energy System Policy and Mechanism with Characteristics of Clean, Low-Carbon Emission, Safe and High-Efficiency, No.18JZD032)

Abstract: Application of power-to-gas (P2G) technology enables the two-way closed-loop energy flow between the power network and the natural gas network, which can promote the accommodation of intermittent clean energy. The power-to-gas process is divided in this paper into two stages: power-to-hydrogen and hydrogen-to-natural gas, and added with hydrogen storage devices to better coordinate the energy flow between power energy, hydrogen energy and natural gas energy. Aiming at the lowest operating cost and maximum wind power accommodation, a coordinated optimization operation model is constructed for multi-energy center with power-to-gas devices considering the operational constraints of power-to-gas, natural gas pipe network and various energy equipment. The model linearizes the nonlinear constraints of the natural gas network power flow, and converts the bi-objective optimization problem into single-objective optimization by adding the weight coefficient. Finally, in order to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the established model, a four-node multi-energy network system was selected for simulation analysis. The branch definition method of YALMIP toolbox was used to solve the model, and the operating cost and wind power accommodation rate of the system were analyzed under different scenarios with different weight coefficients. The results demonstrate that the power-to-gas is feasible in operation of the multi-energy center, and the higher the utilization demand of the intermediate hydrogen gas, the greater the wind power accommodation rate is.

Key words: power to gas, multi-energy center, wind power accommodation, operation strategy