Coordinated scheduling of integrated electricity, heat, and hydrogen systems considering energy storage in heat and hydrogen pipelines

The increasing interdependency of electricity, heat, and hydrogen sectors in recent years provides a growing incentive to make use of the possible synergies obtained when coordinating these energy sectors from the perspective of an integrated energy system (IES). However, coordinated scheduling frameworks remain poorly developed for integrated electricity, heat, and hydrogen systems, and the energy storage potentials in heat and hydrogen pipelines have not been quantitatively analyzed. The present work addresses these issues by separately analyzing the energy storage value provided by district heat systems (DHSs) and hydrogen transmission systems (HTSs). These storage potentials are applied to develop an operation model that considers the delay characteristics of heat pipelines and hydrogen pipeline storage. Then, we develop a coordinated scheduling model for a power–heat–hydrogen IES. The analysis is facilitated by quantifying the value of energy storage in heat pipelines and hydrogen pipelines in terms of operation costs. Finally, a case study is conducted to verify the necessity of accounting for the dynamic energy storage potentials of the DHS and HTS during IES optimization. Numerical results verify the economic value of comprehensive consideration of heat and hydrogen pipeline storage, which results in higher operational flexibility of IES with lower operating cost and reduced wind power curtailment.