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Extended load flexibility of utility-scale P2H plants: Optimal production scheduling considering dynamic thermal and HTO impurity effects

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  • Qiu, Yiwei
  • Zhou, Buxiang
  • Zang, Tianlei
  • Zhou, Yi
  • Chen, Shi
  • Qi, Ruomei
  • Li, Jiarong
  • Lin, Jin

Abstract

Flexible power-to-hydrogen (P2H) production enables the admittance of renewable energies on a utility scale and provides the connected electrical power system with ancillary regulatory services. To extend the flexibility and thus improve the profitability of green hydrogen production, this paper presents an optimal production scheduling approach for utility-scale P2H plants composed of multiple alkaline electrolyzers. Unlike existing works, this work discards the conservative constant steady-state constraints and first leverages the dynamic thermal and hydrogen-to-oxygen (HTO) impurity crossover processes of the electrolyzers to improve flexibility. Doing this optimizes their effects on the loading range and energy conversion efficiency. The proposed multiphysics-aware scheduling model is formulated as mixed-integer linear programming (MILP). It coordinates the electrolyzers’ operation state transitions and load allocation subject to comprehensive thermodynamic and mass transfer constraints. A decomposition-based solution method, SDM-GS-ALM, is adopted to address the scalability issue for scheduling large-scale P2H plants composed of tens of electrolyzers. With an experiment-verified dynamic electrolyzer model, case studies show that the proposed method remarkably improves the hydrogen output and profit of P2H production powered by either solar or wind energy compared to the existing scheduling approach.

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  • Qiu, Yiwei & Zhou, Buxiang & Zang, Tianlei & Zhou, Yi & Chen, Shi & Qi, Ruomei & Li, Jiarong & Lin, Jin, 2023. "Extended load flexibility of utility-scale P2H plants: Optimal production scheduling considering dynamic thermal and HTO impurity effects," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 217(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:217:y:2023:i:c:s0960148123011138
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.119198
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