With an increase in the share of NPPs in the energy system, it becomes necessary for them to participate in the regulation of the electric load schedule. At the same time, the operation of the NPP with the maximum utilization factor of the installed capacity of the reactor was economically and technically justified. One of the promising ways to solve this problem is to install consumers-regulators at NPPs. The hydrogen energy complex can be effectively used as a consumer-regulator. The authors have previously developed an autonomous hydrogen energy generating complex, scientifically substantiated its economic efficiency. As the study has shown, the economic efficiency of an autonomous hydrogen energy complex directly depends on the sale tariffs for electricity. The low cost of electricity sold leads to a deterioration in economic indicators, up to a lack of recoupment. In this regard, as an alternative option, this work considers the possibility of selling hydrogen and oxygen as a commercial product at existing prices. A comparative study for a range of electricity tariffs and prices for hydrogen and oxygen was carried out on the basis of the methodology presented earlier by the authors, which makes it possible to study ways to improve NPPs on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of economic efficiency, safety and system effects achieved during the installation of new and modernization of existed equipment. The results obtained make it possible to choose the type of hydrogen energy complex depending on the operating conditions for the selected region of operation.
Research of the efficiency of combining nuclear power plants with a multifunctional autonomous hydrogen energy complex
