IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v253y2022ics0360544222010416.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Bi-level optimization for the energy conversion efficiency improvement in a photocatalytic-hydrogen-production system

Author

Listed:
  • Ren, Ting
  • Ma, Tianzeng
  • Liu, Sha
  • Li, Xin

Abstract

Industrialization of the photocatalytic hydrogen production technology is plagued by the low energy conversion efficiency. To address this challenge, this study simultaneously optimizes the structure of the compound parabolic collector (CPC) and the operating conditions of the photoreactor to match the solar flow on the reactor surface and the energy required for chemical reaction at the catalyst interface by building a novel bi-level optimization model with partial differential equation (PDE) constraints. The Sobol method is used to identify the operating parameters that significantly influence the energy conversion efficiency. A new extreme learning machine (ELM) is developed as a surrogate model to approximate the relationship between the operating parameters of the reactor and hydrogen production, reducing computational load. A new nested algorithm is developed to solve the built bi-level optimization model. Numerical results indicate that the new method can find the optimal CPC structure and operating conditions for the photoreactor, achieving an increase in energy conversion efficiency as compared to the results from the systems with un-optimization, optimized CPC structure only and optimized reactor operating parameters only. Our study achieves the synergy of the CPC and photoreactor by combining the advanced optimization technology, machine learning and energy conversion process mechanisms.

Suggested Citation

  • Ren, Ting & Ma, Tianzeng & Liu, Sha & Li, Xin, 2022. "Bi-level optimization for the energy conversion efficiency improvement in a photocatalytic-hydrogen-production system," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 253(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:253:y:2022:i:c:s0360544222010416
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124138
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544222010416
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.energy.2022.124138?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Cao, Fei & Wei, Qingyu & Liu, Huan & Lu, Na & Zhao, Liang & Guo, Liejin, 2018. "Development of the direct solar photocatalytic water splitting system for hydrogen production in Northwest China: Design and evaluation of photoreactor," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 153-163.
    2. Zhang, Miao & Kang, Jiaxi & Tang, Ruixin & Xu, Fangyuan & Fan, Yiliang & Tang, Xiongming & Zhang, Haotian, 2020. "Sharing car park system for parking units of multiple EVs in a power market," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 212(C).
    3. Smitha, T.V. & Nagaraja, K.V., 2019. "An efficient automated higher-order finite element computation technique using parabolic arcs for planar and multiply-connected energy problems," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 183(C), pages 996-1011.
    4. Al-Falahi, Monaaf D.A. & Jayasinghe, Shantha D.G. & Enshaei, Hossein, 2019. "Hybrid algorithm for optimal operation of hybrid energy systems in electric ferries," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).
    5. Guo, Liejin & Chen, Yubin & Su, Jinzhan & Liu, Maochang & Liu, Ya, 2019. "Obstacles of solar-powered photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production: A perspective from energy flow and mass flow," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 172(C), pages 1079-1086.
    6. Xu, Jintao & Chen, Fei & Xia, Entong & Gao, Chong & Deng, Chenggang, 2020. "An optimization design method and optical performance analysis on multi-sectioned compound parabolic concentrator with cylindrical absorber," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 197(C).
    7. Lorenzo Lampariello & Simone Sagratella, 2017. "A Bridge Between Bilevel Programs and Nash Games," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer, vol. 174(2), pages 613-635, August.
    8. Kong, Xiangyu & Sun, Fangyuan & Huo, Xianxu & Li, Xue & Shen, Yu, 2020. "Hierarchical optimal scheduling method of heat-electricity integrated energy system based on Power Internet of Things," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 210(C).
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Sadeghi, Shayan & Ghandehariun, Samane, 2022. "A standalone solar thermochemical water splitting hydrogen plant with high-temperature molten salt: Thermodynamic and economic analyses and multi-objective optimization," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).
    2. Mostafa Esmaeili Shayan & Gholamhassan Najafi & Barat Ghobadian & Shiva Gorjian & Mohamed Mazlan & Mehdi Samami & Alireza Shabanzadeh, 2022. "Flexible Photovoltaic System on Non-Conventional Surfaces: A Techno-Economic Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-14, March.
    3. Deng, Cheng-gang & Chen, Fei, 2021. "Model verification and photo-thermal conversion assessment of a novel facade embedded compound parabolic concentrator," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 220(C).
    4. Ma, Jing & Dai, Jianan & Duan, Yinli & Zhang, Jiajia & Qiang, Liangsheng & Xue, Juanqin, 2020. "Fabrication of PANI-TiO2/rGO hybrid composites for enhanced photocatalysis of pollutant removal and hydrogen production," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 156(C), pages 1008-1018.
    5. Fan, Ailong & Wang, Junteng & He, Yapeng & Perčić, Maja & Vladimir, Nikola & Yang, Liu, 2021. "Decarbonising inland ship power system: Alternative solution and assessment method," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 226(C).
    6. Lu, Zhiming & Gao, Yan & Xu, Chuanbo, 2021. "Evaluation of energy management system for regional integrated energy system under interval type-2 hesitant fuzzy environment," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 222(C).
    7. Tang, Ruoli & An, Qing & Xu, Fan & Zhang, Xiaodi & Li, Xin & Lai, Jingang & Dong, Zhengcheng, 2020. "Optimal operation of hybrid energy system for intelligent ship: An ultrahigh-dimensional model and control method," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 211(C).
    8. Ruiz-Aguirre, A. & Villachica-Llamosas, J.G. & Polo-López, M.I. & Cabrera-Reina, A. & Colón, G. & Peral, J. & Malato, S., 2022. "Assessment of pilot-plant scale solar photocatalytic hydrogen generation with multiple approaches: Valorization, water decontamination and disinfection," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 260(C).
    9. Fei Cao & Jiarui Pang & Xianzhe Gu & Miaomiao Wang & Yanqin Shangguan, 2023. "Performance Simulation of Solar Trough Concentrators: Optical and Thermal Comparisons," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-18, February.
    10. Xu, Fangyuan & Zhu, Weidong & Wang, Yi Fei & Lai, Chun Sing & Yuan, Haoliang & Zhao, Yujia & Guo, Siming & Fu, Zhengxin, 2022. "A new deregulated demand response scheme for load over-shifting city in regulated power market," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 311(C).
    11. Shi, Yaolu & Sun, Jie & Wei, Jinjia, 2024. "Proposal of a parabolic-trough-oriented photo-thermo-reactor with coaxial baffles and dual-bed for high-efficient solar-driven hydrogen production from methanol steam reforming," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 228(C).
    12. Francesco Cesarone & Lorenzo Lampariello & Davide Merolla & Jacopo Maria Ricci & Simone Sagratella & Valerio Giuseppe Sasso, 2023. "A bilevel approach to ESG multi-portfolio selection," Computational Management Science, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 1-23, December.
    13. Shi, Tong & Feng, Hao & Liu, Dong & Zhang, Ying & Li, Qiang, 2022. "High-performance microfluidic electrochemical reactor for efficient hydrogen evolution," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 325(C).
    14. Purnell, K. & Bruce, A.G. & MacGill, I., 2022. "Impacts of electrifying public transit on the electricity grid, from regional to state level analysis," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 307(C).
    15. Xia, En-Tong & Xu, Jin-Tao & Chen, Fei, 2021. "Investigation on structural and optical characteristics for an improved compound parabolic concentrator based on cylindrical absorber," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 219(C).
    16. Li, Qingshan & Wang, Chenfang & Wang, Chunmei & Zhou, Taotao & Zhang, Xianwen & Zhang, Yangjun & Zhuge, Weilin & Sun, Li, 2023. "Comparison of organic coolants for boiling cooling of proton exchange membrane fuel cell," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 266(C).
    17. Marino, C. & Nucara, A. & Panzera, M.F. & Pietrafesa, M. & Varano, V., 2019. "Energetic and economic analysis of a stand alone photovoltaic system with hydrogen storage," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 316-329.
    18. Chen, Fei & Gui, Qinghua, 2022. "Construction and analysis of a compound parabolic concentrator to eliminate light escape in the interlayer of solar vacuum tube," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 191(C), pages 225-237.
    19. Tang, Bo & Zhang, Longbin & Liu, Siyu & Bai, Xiaochun & Chen, Guoqing & Shang, Zhiyu, 2024. "Calculation of noise field in main transformer room of indoor substation based on thermal-acoustic coupling," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 297(C).
    20. Alain B. Zemkoho & Shenglong Zhou, 2021. "Theoretical and numerical comparison of the Karush–Kuhn–Tucker and value function reformulations in bilevel optimization," Computational Optimization and Applications, Springer, vol. 78(2), pages 625-674, March.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:253:y:2022:i:c:s0360544222010416. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.