Journal
APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 219, Issue -, Pages 408-424Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.07.142
Keywords
Multi-energy systems; Microgrids; Seasonal storage; Investment planning; Yearly scheduling; MILP; Power-to-gas
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Funding
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) under the National Research Program Energy Turnaround (NRP70) [407040-153890]
- Efficity project [CUP E38I16000130007]
- Regione Emilia Romagna
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [407040_153890] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Optimal design and operation of multi-energy systems involving seasonal energy storage are often hindered by the complexity of the optimization problem. Indeed, the description of seasonal cycles requires a year-long time horizon, while the system operation calls for hourly resolution; this turns into a large number of decision variables, including binary variables, when large systems are analyzed. This work presents novel mixed integer linear program methodologies that allow considering a year time horizon with hour resolution while significantly reducing the complexity of the optimization problem. First, the validity of the proposed techniques is tested by considering a simple system that can be solved in a reasonable computational time without resorting to design days. Findings show that the results of the proposed approaches are in good agreement with the full-scale optimization, thus allowing to correctly size the energy storage and to operate the system with a long-term policy, while significantly simplifying the optimization problem. Furthermore, the developed methodology is adopted to design a multi-energy system based on a neighborhood in Zurich, Switzerland, which is optimized in terms of total annual costs and carbon dioxide emissions. Finally the system behavior is revealed by performing a sensitivity analysis on different features of the energy system and by looking at the topology of the energy hub along the Pareto sets.
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