Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2025, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (10): 3824-3838.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2025.0310

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Optimization of an SOC green hydrogen production storage and transportation system based on electricity-heat-gas multienergy coupling

Yaqing HE1(), Weiqing WANG1(), Haocheng WANG2, Yingtian CHI3, Jiarong LI3, Shan HE1, Bowen LIU1, Xinyan ZHANG1   

  1. 1.Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry for Renewable Energy power Generation and Grid Connection, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, Xinjiang, China
    2.College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Yili Normal University, Yining 835000, Xinjiang, China
    3.State Key Laboratory of Control and Simulation of Power Systems and Generation Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2025-03-31 Revised:2025-04-09 Online:2025-10-28 Published:2025-10-20
  • Contact: Weiqing WANG E-mail:2363423816@qq.com;wwq59@xju.edu.cn

Abstract:

In response to the challenges of absorbing green power caused by the variability of wind and solar resources, the limited efficiency of conventional water electrolysis methods for hydrogen production, and the high costs associated with H2 storage and transportation, this paper proposes a solid oxide cell (SOC)-based hydrogen storage and electricity-heat-gas multienergy coupling optimization model incorporating a hydrogen-doped natural gas pipeline network. A dynamic coupling model is constructed, encompassing wind power, photovoltaic systems, heating systems, SOC hydrogen storage, and hydrogen-doped transportation systems. With green power utilization rate, cost-effectiveness, and carbon reduction as key optimization objectives-and considering the uncertainty of renewable energy output, energy balance constraints for electricity and thermal gas, and operational limitations of H2 production, storage, and transportation-integrated optimization is used to obtain the optimal solution. A simulation experiment was conducted on a multienergy flow cycle system involving electricity and thermal energy in a specific park in Xinjiang, where the annual abandoned wind and solar power totaled 11520 MWh). The results demonstrated that the SOC-based hydrogen energy storage system can achieve 100% utilization of renewable power, reducing annual operating costs by ¥2.14 million and carbon emissions by 1068 tons compared to conventional energy storage methods (battery and thermal storage). By optimizing the electric-to-thermal ratio coefficient of combined heat and power, the electrolysis efficiency of SOCs increased to 85%, while the waste heat utilization rate reached 90%, thereby maximizing of the driving force for water electrolysis. At a 30% volume mixing ratio, the natural gas consumption in the hydrogen-doped pipeline network decreased by 23%, the total system cost was reduced by over 50%, frictional pressure loss in the pipeline was minimized, node pressure improved, and overall transportation capacity significantly enhanced. The return on investment was substantially improved, offering valuable insights for large-scale renewable energy integration and facilitating efficient, cost-effective, long-distance, and safe H2 transport.

Key words: solid oxide cells, hydrogen-doped, green power, hydrogen energy storage, combined heat and power

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