Affiliation:
1. School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
2. Electric Power Research Institute of State Grid Shaanxi Electric Power Company, Xi’an 710199, China
Abstract
Reducing carbon emissions and increasing the integration of new energy sources are key steps towards achieving sustainable development. Virtual power plants (VPPs) play a significant role in enhancing grid security and promoting the transition to clean, low-carbon energy. The core equipment of the VPP, the CHP unit, utilizes a thermal engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat simultaneously. However, the intermittent and volatile nature of renewable energy sources, as well as the “heat-driven power generation” mode of combined heat and power (CHP) units, presents contradictions that severely affect their peak-shifting capability and lead to high carbon emissions. To address these issues, a novel VPP is established by integrating traditional power plants with carbon capture and hydrogen energy storage. This approach utilizes a “hydrogen energy storage–electric boiler” decoupling method to address the operational mode of CHP, strengthens the coupling relationship between electric and thermal hydrogen loads, and considers a tiered carbon-trading mechanism. With the net profit of the VPP as the optimization objective, the model balances economic and environmental considerations and establishes a low-carbon economic dispatch model for the VPP. A genetic algorithm is employed for solving, and three different dispatch strategies are set for simulation in three distinct seasonal scenarios. The comprehensive comparative analysis of the dispatch results reveals a reduction in carbon emissions and an increase in net profit to varying degrees across all three seasons. Overall, the proposed dispatch strategy demonstrates the ability to enhance the new energy-integration capacity and total revenue of a VPP while simultaneously achieving the goal of reducing carbon emissions.
Funder
Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province
Subject
Process Chemistry and Technology,Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous),Bioengineering
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