Integration of Different Individual Heating Scenarios and Energy Storages into Hybrid Energy System Model of China for 2030

Muhammad Faizan Tahir, Haoyong Chen, Muhammad Sufyan Javed, Irfan Jameel, Asad Khan and Saifullah Adnan
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Muhammad Faizan Tahir: School of Electric Power, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Haoyong Chen: School of Electric Power, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Muhammad Sufyan Javed: Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510640, China
Irfan Jameel: College of Energy and Electrical Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
Asad Khan: School of Computer Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510640, China
Saifullah Adnan: School of Electronics and Information Engineering, South University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 11, 1-20

Abstract: Traditional energy supply infrastructures are on the brink of facing a major transformation due to energy security concerns, environment pollution, renewable energy intermittency and fossil fuel scarcity. A hybrid energy system constitutes the integration of different energy carriers like electricity, heat and fuel which play a vital role in addressing the above challenges. Various technological options like combined heat and power, heat pumps, electrolysers and energy storages ease out multiple carrier integration in an energy hub to increase system flexibility and efficiency. This work models the hybrid energy system of China for the year 2030 by using EnergyPLAN. Atmosphere decarbonization is achieved by replacing conventional coal and natural gas boilers with alternative individual heating sources like hydrogen operated micro combined heat and power natural gas micro combined heat and power and heat pumps. Moreover, rockbed storage as well as single and double penstock pumped hydro storages are added in the proposed system in order to cope with the stochastic nature of intermittent renewable energy such as wind and solar photovoltaic. The technical simulation strategy is employed to analyze the optimal combination of energy producing components by determining annual costs, fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. The results substantiate that a heat pump and double penstock pumped hydro storage addition to the individual heating and electricity network not only proves to be an economically viable option but also reduces fuel consumption and emissions.

Keywords: energy hub; EnergyPLAN; hybrid energy system; individual heating; intermittent renewable energy; pumped hydro storages; rockbed storage (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: 2019
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