IRAN´s electricity and natural gas networks modeling by means of energy hubs

Author

Salimi, Mohammad ; Ghasemi, Hassan ; Vaez-Zadeh, Sadegh

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

fYear

2012

fDate

18-25 May 2012

Firstpage

648

Lastpage

654

Abstract

This paper investigates the modeling of energy carriers (electricity and gas) systems in the form of “energy hubs” in IRAN. In an energy hub, different energy carriers can interact with each other and an optimization problem can be solved to provide electricity and heat considering constraints on natural gas and electricity networks. Since IRAN has abundant natural gas resources, integrating electricity and natural gas networks within the content of energy hub can be useful in efficiently meeting country´s demand for electricity and heat. In this paper, both energy networks are modeled and studied using energy hubs. Each energy hub represents one of the provincial districts in IRAN. Heating loads on different parts of IRAN are estimated and optimal conversion of gas to electricity and heat in each hub is determined.

Keywords

cogeneration; district heating; natural gas technology; IRAN electricity network; combined heat and power; district heating loads; electricity-gas system; energy carrier system modelling; energy hubs; energy networks; natural gas networks; natural gas resources; optimization problem; Cogeneration; Electricity; Load modeling; Natural gas; Pipelines; Resistance heating; Combined Heat and Power; Interconnected Energy Hubs; Multiple Energy Carrier Systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 2012 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Venice

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1830-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEIC.2012.6221457

Filename

6221457