An Interval Fuzzy-Stochastic Chance-Constrained Programming Based Energy-Water Nexus Model for Planning Electric Power Systems

Jing Liu, Yongping Li, Guohe Huang, Cai Suo and Shuo Yin
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Jing Liu: Department of Environmental Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361024, China
Yongping Li: Department of Environmental Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361024, China
Guohe Huang: Department of Environmental Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361024, China
Cai Suo: Sino-Canada Energy and Environmental Research Center, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
Shuo Yin: State Grid Henan Economic Research Institute; No. 87 South Songshan Road, Zhengzhou 450052, China

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-23

Abstract: In this study, an interval fuzzy-stochastic chance-constrained programming based energy-water nexus (IFSCP-WEN) model is developed for planning electric power system (EPS). The IFSCP-WEN model can tackle uncertainties expressed as possibility and probability distributions, as well as interval values. Different credibility (i.e., ? ) levels and probability (i.e., q i ) levels are set to reflect relationships among water supply, electricity generation, system cost, and constraint-violation risk. Results reveal that different ? and q i levels can lead to a changed system cost, imported electricity, electricity generation, and water supply. Results also disclose that the study EPS would tend to the transition from coal-dominated into clean energy-dominated. Gas-fired would be the main electric utility to supply electricity at the end of the planning horizon, occupying [28.47, 30.34]% (where 28.47% and 30.34% present the lower bound and the upper bound of interval value, respectively) of the total electricity generation. Correspondingly, water allocated to gas-fired would reach the highest, occupying [33.92, 34.72]% of total water supply. Surface water would be the main water source, accounting for more than [40.96, 43.44]% of the total water supply. The ratio of recycled water to total water supply would increase by about [11.37, 14.85]%. Results of the IFSCP-WEN model present its potential for sustainable EPS planning by co-optimizing energy and water resources.

Keywords: decision making; optimization; sustainability; uncertainty; energy-water nexus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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