Optimal Multi-Mode Flexibility Operation of CHP Units with Electrode Type Electric Boilers: A Case Study

Yuliang Dong (), Songyuan Yu, Chengbing He, Qingbin Yu and Fang Fang
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Yuliang Dong: School of Energy Power & Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Changping, Beijing 102206, China
Songyuan Yu: School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Changping, Beijing 102206, China
Chengbing He: School of Energy Power & Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Changping, Beijing 102206, China
Qingbin Yu: State Grid Shandong Electric Power Research Institute, Jinan 250001, China
Fang Fang: School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Changping, Beijing 102206, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 24, 1-21

Abstract: With the in-depth development of flexibility retrofit in combined heat and power (CHP) units, the unit commitment mode of energy supply equipment in CHP plants is more flexible. This paper presents a multi-mode flexible operation method for CHP plants with electrode electric boilers. Firstly, a simulation model of the operation characteristics of each unit in different operation modes is established, and the corresponding features of electrical and thermal outputs are obtained. Subsequently, a decision-making model of the unit commitment mode of energy supply equipment is set up, and the selection rules of the unit commitment mode of the unit under low heat load, medium heat load, and high heat load are achieved. Finally, under different unit operation combinations, a plant-level optimum load dispatch model is obtained, and the actual operating data of the CHP plant is used for optimization and comparison analysis. The results show that compared to the unit commitment mode of high back pressure and low-pressure cylinder cutting-off (HBP + LPCC), the unit commitment mode of high back pressure and extraction heating (HBP + EH) has more room for energy-saving optimization. Under the premise of safe and reliable operation, the high back pressure (HBP) unit can be loaded as much as possible. While in the combined operating of HBP + EH, the energy-saving space for optimized load dispatching is not large, so a fixed proportion of the electrical load may be considered; under the auxiliary service subsidy policy, the input power of the electric boiler can be appropriately increased; the greater the heat load of the whole plant, the more pronounced the energy-saving effect of optimum load dispatch.

Keywords: combined heat and power; electrode type electric boiler; flexible operation; unit commitment; plant-level optimal dispatch (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: 2022
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