Integrated energy systems can provide a more efficient supply than individual systems by using resources such as cogeneration. To foster efficient management of these systems, the flexible operation of cogeneration resources should be considered for the generation expansion planning model to satisfy the varying demand of energy including heat and electricity, which are interdependent and present different seasonal characteristics. We propose an optimization model of the generation expansion planning for an integrated energy system considering the feasible operation region and efficiency of a combined heat and power (CHP) resource. The proposed model is formulated as a mixed integer linear programming problem to minimize the sum of the annualized cost of the integrated energy system. Then, we set linear constraints of energy resources and describe linearized constraints of a feasible operation region and a generation efficiency of the CHP resource for application to the problem. The effectiveness of the proposed optimization problem is verified through a case study comparing with results of a conventional optimization model that uses constant heat-to-power ratio and generation efficiency of the CHP resource. Furthermore, we evaluate planning schedules and total generation efficiency profiles of the CHP resource for the compared optimization models.
A multi-step multi-objective generation expansion planning model-A case study in Mexico
