Techno-economic, environmental, and safety assessment of hydrogen powered community microgrids; case study in Canada

Mukherjee, Ushnik; Maroufmashat, Azadeh; Ranisau, Jonathan; Barbouti, Mohammed; Trainor, Aaron; Juthani, Nidhi; El-Shayeb, Hadi; Fowler, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.03.083

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“…Smart charging can reduce this impact by creating a large demand response capability. One step further is vehicle-to-grid (VtG/V2G) technology which allows BEVs or fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) with hydrogen to act as networked energy storage devices [40]. In this way, an EV fleet can become a virtual power plant (VPP) that is profitable to owners and beneficial for power networks [41].…”

Section: Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Healthy Power: Reimagining Hospitals as Sustainable Energy Hubs

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Human health is a key pillar of modern conceptions of sustainability. Humanity pays a considerable price for its dependence on fossil-fueled energy systems, which must be addressed for sustainable urban development. Public hospitals are focal points for communities and have an opportunity to lead the transition to renewable energy. We have reimagined the healthcare energy ecosystem with sustainable technologies to transform hospitals into networked clean energy hubs. In this concept design, hydrogen is used to couple energy with other on-site medical resource demands, and vanadium flow battery technology is used to engage the public with energy systems. This multi-generation system would reduce harmful emissions while providing reliable services, tackling the linked issues of human and environmental health.

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Section: Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Healthy Power: Reimagining Hospitals as Sustainable Energy Hubs

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“…A hydrogen-powered community microgrid is developed in [24] to meet the community's energy demand up to two days blackout. A mixed-integer linear optimisation based design and operational management model is proposed in [36] by determining the optimal mix of different DERs.…”

Section: Distributed Energy Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These communities, across the globe, live in harsh weather conditions therefore, sustainable power transmission infrastructure is challenging and not economical. Apart from remote communities, some of the urban communities are currently facing technical issues which can include feeder congestion during peak load, underutilization of power in off-peak hours, and alarming penetration of renewables [24]. Therefore, there is a constituted need for community microgrids deployment to serve multiple electricity consumers during long-term unavailability of main grid.…”

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Optimisation framework for the design and operation of open-market urban and remote community microgrids

2019

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In this article, a new business model considering multiple stakeholders is proposed to develop a framework for third-party investment and future flexible retail electricity market in community microgrids. The proposed two-stage optimisation platform generates opportunities for multiple stakeholders to invest in the design of community microgrids, comprising multiple and different distributed energy resources such as renewable generation units, battery energy storage systems, and micro diesel engines, to minimize daily operational costs of the system. To proliferate the prosumers in retail energy markets as per the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, United Kingdom, a peer-to-peer energy trading and energy management scheme is also proposed. The optimal sizing of urban and remote community microgrids are determined in stage-1, followed by their optimal operations to minimise the daily operating cost of the community system in stage-2. An improved version of the genetic algorithm is employed to optimise decision variables in both the stages. Different cases are investigated which show the tremendous potential of revenue generation for all stakeholders while effectively optimizing techno-economic operations of microgrids.

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“…The study illustrated the ability of the energy hubs to effectively manage a variable power profile using hydrogen storage technologies. Mukherjee et al [215] designed a renewable, hydrogen-powered microgrid and studied its technical and economic viability using a case study in Canada. This microgrid was to serve as a backup power system to meet the energy demand for two days only using renewables and hydrogen.…”

Section: Hydrogen Economymentioning

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Modeling and Optimization of Energy Hubs: A Comprehensive Review

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: The concept of energy hubs has grown in prominence as a part of future energy systems, driven by the spread of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and the inception of the smart grid. This paper systematically reviews 200 articles about energy hubs, published from 2007 to 2017, and summarizes them based on their modeling approach, planning and operation, economic and environmental considerations, and energy hub applications. The common applications of energy hubs are considered, such as distributed energy resources, the consideration of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), and the hydrogen economy. This paper examines modeling approaches towards energy hubs, including storage and its network models; it mentions some of the optimization strategies used to tackle the efficient operation and control of energy hubs. The novelty of this work lies in the classification of research papers related to energy hubs, the development of a generic framework for modeling these multiple energy flow carriers with storage and network considerations, and the provision of solution techniques in line with energy hub optimization.

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Techno-economic, environmental, and safety assessment of hydrogen powered community microgrids; case study in Canada

Cited by 73 publications

References 12 publications

Healthy Power: Reimagining Hospitals as Sustainable Energy Hubs

Healthy Power: Reimagining Hospitals as Sustainable Energy Hubs

Optimisation framework for the design and operation of open-market urban and remote community microgrids

Modeling and Optimization of Energy Hubs: A Comprehensive Review

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