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access icon openaccess Role of thermal technologies for enhancing flexibility in multi-energy systems through sector coupling: technical suitability and expected developments

This is an open access article published by the IET and Tianjin University under the Creative Commons Attribution -NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)
Received 28/06/2019, Accepted 02/02/2020, Revised 10/12/2019, Published 10/03/2020

Thermal power generation technologies are widely used for electricity production, for heat provision in district or process heating systems, and for combined heat and power generation. In most cases, thermal technologies are heat driven and electricity is produced as a by-product, thus resulting in a non-flexible behaviour of the electricity production. Modern power grids are characterised by an increasing share of renewable leading to a need for enhanced and flexible ways of controlling the power flow. To provide services to the power grid, thermal generating technologies may be used in a more efficient way, coupled to gas and heat storage systems or aggregated in virtual power plants. Several technical factors determine which technologies are suitable for flexibility provision, including power ranges, start up times and ramp rates. In this work, carried out in the frame of the MAGNITUDE H2020 project, the technical characteristics of thermal sector-coupling technologies were analysed using data from the seven real-life project's case studies. The technical suitability was determined based on the product requirements in selected European power markets for the provision of identified system services. Expected future developments and trends were highlighted well.

Inspec keywords: renewable energy sources; power generation planning; thermal power stations; power generation economics; power grids; power markets; thermal energy storage

Other keywords: technical suitability; enhanced ways; process heating system; thermal sector-coupling technologies; thermal power generation technologies; technical factors; virtual power plants; identified system services; flexible ways; power grid; multienergy systems; thermal technologies; electricity production; district heating system; power ranges; selected European power markets; technical characteristics; nonflexible behaviour; heat storage systems; flexibility provision; heat provision; expected future developments; power flow; product requirements; thermal generating technologies; modern power grids; sector coupling

Subjects: Power system management, operation and economics; Thermal power stations and plants; Power system planning and layout

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