Hydrogen Integration in Energy Systems: Modeling, Optimization, and Reliability Evaluation

This book explores the hydrogen integration in energy systems from a whole system optimisation perspective. The book introduces new modelling, optimisation, and reliability evaluation approaches that support the net zero transition.

Global warming has been witnessed in the past few decades—as caused by the emission of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, it not only affects the habitat of animals but also threatens the lives of mankind in modern societies. Around the world, resulting from the excessive consumption of fossil fuels, such as natural gas, the energy sector is the culprit behind carbon dioxide emissions and climate change. To achieve net zero ambitions, energy systems worldwide urgently call for cleaner energy sources. Green hydrogen, produced through power-to-gas facilities using surplus renewable energy generation, has emerged as a promising solution. However, because hydrogen shares distinguished properties with natural gas, many fundamental questions, including how to smoothly integrate hydrogen into the existing energy systems, how to operate such a new structured energy system, and what is the systematic impact, remain unclear. To answer these questions and bridge the research gap, this book aims to develop new modelling, optimization, and reliability evaluation approaches that support the transition of current energy systems to hydrogen-integrated energy systems (HI-ES).

This book sets the theoretical foundations for developing more advanced control strategies and application scenarios for HI-ES, and inform policy makings through bespoke advice on hydrogen integration road maps.

Sheng Wang received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2016 and 2021, respectively. From 2021 to 2023, he served as a research engineer at the State Grid (Suzhou) Urban Energy Research Institute, a postdoctoral researcher at the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City at the University of Macau, and a senior power systems researcher and a marie curie postdoctoral fellow at University College Dublin. He is currently a Newcastle University Academic Track (NUAcT) Fellow at the School of Engineering, Newcastle University, UK. His research interests include the decarbonization of energy systems with hydrogen integration.

Hongxun Hui received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2015 and 2020, respectively. From 2018 to 2019, he was a visiting scholar with the Advanced Research Institute, Virginia Tech, and the CURENT Centre, University of Tennessee. He is currently an assistant professor with the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China. His research interests include energy system optimization, power economics, carbon markets, and interdisciplinary energy-environment systems.

Yi Ding received the bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2007. He is currently a professor with the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University. His research interests include power systems reliability/performance analysis, incorporating renewable energy resources, smart grid performance analysis, and engineering systems reliability modelling and optimization.

Yonghua Song received the B.E. degree from Chengdu University of Science and Technology, Chengdu, China, in 1984, and the Ph.D. degree from China Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing, China, in 1989, both in electrical engineering. From 1989 to 1991, he was a postdoctoral fellow with Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He then held various positions with Bristol University, Bristol, U.K.; Bath University, Bath, U.K.; John Moores University, Liverpool, U.K., from 1991 to 1996. In 1997, he was a professor of Power Systems with Brunel University, where he served as a pro-vice chancellor for Graduate Studies since 2004. In 2007, he took up a Pro-Vice Chancellorship and Professorship of Electrical Engineering at the University of Liverpool, Liverpool. In 2009, he was with Tsinghua University as a professor of Electrical Engineering and an assistant president and the deputy director with the Laboratory of Low-Carbon Energy. From November 2012 to December 2017, he served as Executive Vice President and a professor at Zhejiang University. From January 2018, he has been the Rector and a chair professor at University of Macau, Macao SAR, China.