{"title":"Hydrogen storage capacity planning of nuclear-hydrogen integration under coupling of electricity and hydrogen","authors":"Yuewen Jiang , Shanshan Ou","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.03.381","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An operating model for nuclear-hydrogen integration (NHI) is developed based on an in-depth analysis of the future trajectories of the electricity and hydrogen markets. A planning model is proposed to determine the optimal capacity allocation ratio between nuclear power and hydrogen storage systems, while also optimizing the on-grid output of NHI within a reasonable range of system load factors. The results indicate that the optimal capacity ratio of nuclear power to electrolyzers and fuel cells is approximately 1: 0.41: 0.36. Flexibility analysis shows that NHI adjusts output from 51.3 % to 128 % of the rated power for nuclear power, enabling it to adapt effectively to load variations. Economically, NHI achieves a total revenue of 18.37 billion CNY, which is approximately 56.0 % lower than that of nuclear-pumped storage integration (NPSI). These findings suggest in regions with favorable geographical conditions for constructing pumped storage power plants, NPSI may represent a more economically viable operating strategy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":337,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hydrogen Energy","volume":"126 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Hydrogen Energy","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319925015332","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
An operating model for nuclear-hydrogen integration (NHI) is developed based on an in-depth analysis of the future trajectories of the electricity and hydrogen markets. A planning model is proposed to determine the optimal capacity allocation ratio between nuclear power and hydrogen storage systems, while also optimizing the on-grid output of NHI within a reasonable range of system load factors. The results indicate that the optimal capacity ratio of nuclear power to electrolyzers and fuel cells is approximately 1: 0.41: 0.36. Flexibility analysis shows that NHI adjusts output from 51.3 % to 128 % of the rated power for nuclear power, enabling it to adapt effectively to load variations. Economically, NHI achieves a total revenue of 18.37 billion CNY, which is approximately 56.0 % lower than that of nuclear-pumped storage integration (NPSI). These findings suggest in regions with favorable geographical conditions for constructing pumped storage power plants, NPSI may represent a more economically viable operating strategy.
期刊介绍:
The objective of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy is to facilitate the exchange of new ideas, technological advancements, and research findings in the field of Hydrogen Energy among scientists and engineers worldwide. This journal showcases original research, both analytical and experimental, covering various aspects of Hydrogen Energy. These include production, storage, transmission, utilization, enabling technologies, environmental impact, economic considerations, and global perspectives on hydrogen and its carriers such as NH3, CH4, alcohols, etc.
The utilization aspect encompasses various methods such as thermochemical (combustion), photochemical, electrochemical (fuel cells), and nuclear conversion of hydrogen, hydrogen isotopes, and hydrogen carriers into thermal, mechanical, and electrical energies. The applications of these energies can be found in transportation (including aerospace), industrial, commercial, and residential sectors.