Coupled Multinetwork Constrained Planning of Energy Supplying Facilities for Hybrid Hydrogen-Electric Vehicles

Hybrid hydrogen-electric vehicles (H2EVs) are developing rapidly in recent years. Evidently, the planning of H2EVs energy-supplying facilities (HVESFs) is important. It involves the coupled power flow of power network (PN), mass flow of hydrogen network (HN), and traffic flow of traffic network (TN), simultaneously. These coupled flows would indeed challenge economic and secure performances of HVESFs planning, especially when uncertain renewable energy is introduced. Therefore, a multinetwork framework considering coupled flow constraints is proposed for the planning issue of HVESFs, involving all the PN, HN, and TN. Therein, we first propose a modified maximum covering location method, in order to satisfy the energy demand of H2EVs. On this basis, a many-objective optimization-based bi-level HVESFs planning model is developed. Then, we use a hybrid differential evolution-interior point algorithm to solve this model, and obtain the planning solutions. Simulation results verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed planning model, which has better performances compared to the existing approach.

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This paper proposes a multi-network framework to consider the coupled flow constraints in HVSEF planning. By using a modified maximum covering location method and a multi-objective optimization model, the problem of HVSEF planning is successfully addressed.