Optimal operation of integrated energy system considering virtual heating energy storage

The integrated energy system (IES) is the physical carrier of the Energy Internet, whose optimal operation has become a hot topic because of its effectiveness in improving energy utilization efficiency. This paper proposes an optimal operation model of integrated energy system, where the internal energy flow transmission characteristic of the heating network is modeled as virtual heating energy storage by the node method to enhance the operating flexibility of IES. The second-order cone relaxation method and the incremental formulation for the piecewise linearization method are utilized to transform the proposed nonlinear model into mixed integer quadratic constraint programming model, which can be effectively solved by the commercial solver. Case studies show that the proposed model effectively reduces the operating costs and improves the renewable energy penetration level of IES. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license

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The paper introduces an optimal operation model for the integrated energy system, which enhances operating flexibility by modeling internal energy flow transmission characteristics and solves nonlinear constraints through mathematical methods to effectively reduce operating costs.