Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

ISSN 2196-5625 CN 32-1884/TK

Optimal Scheduling of Integrated Energy Systems in Low-carbon Communities Considering Flexibility of Resources and Segmental Control of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
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Key Laboratory of Modern Power System Simulation and Control & Renewable Energy Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China

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This work was supported by the Industrial Technology R&D Program of Jilin Province (No. 2023C033-5).

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    To address the strong thermoelectric coupling of the combined heat and power (CHP) units, the low utilization rate of energy storage, and the underexploitation of load-side resource flexibility in integrated energy systems (IESs), this paper proposes an optimal scheduling model of an IES in low-carbon communities considering flexibility of resources and the segmental control of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Firstly, by replacing the gas turbine (GT) in the CHP unit with an SOFC array to reduce carbon emissions and simultaneously weakening the thermoelectric coupling of the CHP unit, the segmental control method is used to control the SOFC array to improve the overall efficiency of the CHP unit. Secondly, coupled interactions among different types of energy storage equipments are mobilized through the integrated energy storage system to make full use of the remaining space in the heat and natural gas storage tanks. Finally, load-side flexible resources are utilized by considering transferable, substitutable, and heat loads, taking into account the thermal inertia of the building and categorizing rooms based on floors, orientations, and room area. Additionally, different user characteristics are characterized, and the flexible resources of building heating periods in northern cities in China are tapped in depth according to the actual factors. Compared with the traditional model, the optimal scheduling model proposed in this paper can reduce the wind abandonment rate and the carbon emission of community-integrated energy system (CIES) by 4.54% and 70.63%, respectively, and increase the utilization rate of heat and natural gas storage tanks by 12.34% and 30.52%, respectively, and lower the total cost by ¥2183.6 under the premise of ensuring user comfort during energy consumption, which promotes the economic and low-carbon operation of the CIES.

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  • Received:November 14,2023
  • Revised:February 29,2024
  • Online: May 27,2025