Research Outline
We design energy systems for smart factories that also utilize hydrogen and ammonia, which are indispensable for decarbonizing demand sectors that are difficult to electrify with renewable energy alone, such as high-temperature industrial processes. The operational decision variables include the output of the battery energy storage system (BESS: Battery Energy Storage System), the output of the hydrogen energy storage system (HESS: Hydrogen Energy Storage System), electricity trading with the grid, and the boiler output. We develop a method that simultaneously optimizes the supply–demand operation schedule of the microgrid and the capacity sizing of the BESS, HESS, and variable renewable energy sources.
Microgrid with hybrid energy storage system