Multi-energy Management of Maritime Grids
Concept of Multi-energy Management
Motivation and BackgroundGenerally, all the energy systems are "multi-energy systems" in the sense that multiple energy sectors interact at different levels. For example in conventional power systems, the coal or gas used for generating electricity should be transported to each power plant, and this process implies the couplings between fossil energy and electrical energy. Another case is, the heating service by the combined heat-power plant also last for decades, and this process includes the coupling between heating energy and electrical energy. However, those energy couplings between different systems are conventionally weak compared with the relationship within a single energy system, and that is the main reason for the past studies of power system mostly only consider the electrical energy [1-3]. However, the interactions between different energy systems become tighter and more frequent recently, and this trend is about to continue in the future [4][5][6][7], such as the electric-gas energy system, and the coordinated heat-power system, or even the transportation-power system motivated by the transportation electrification. In this sense, conventional energy management for a single energy system may not be valid in the future, which drives the research of multi-energy management.In literature, [8][9][10][11] focus on the coordination between the gas system and power systems [12][13][14][15]. Study the energy management methods for heat-power systems [16,17]. Study the water-power systems and [18][19][20][21][22] investigate the coupling between the transportation system and power system by electric vehicles' charging and discharging. The above research has brought a new perspective in energy system analysis, particularly in the light of reducing the economic and environmental burden of energy services. In summary, three benefits can be achieved by multi-energy management: