Operating Schedule of a Combined Energy Network System

This chapter consists of two sections, ‘Operating Schedule of a Combined Energy Network System with Fuel Cell’ and ‘Fuel Cell Network System Considering Reduction in Fuel Cell Capacity Using Load Leveling and Heat Release Loss’. The chromosome model showing system operation pattern is applied to GA (genetic algorithm), and the method of optimization operation planning of energy system is developed in the 1st section. In the case study, the operation planning was performed for the energy system using the energy demand pattern of the individual residence of Sapporo, Japan. Reduction in fuel cell capacity linked to a fuel cell network system is considered in the 2nd section. Such an energy network is analyzed assuming connection of individual houses, a hospital, a hotel, a convenience store, an office building, and a factory.