Modeling and operation strategy of nuclear power plant with electric heat storage in the ancillary service market

Haixin Wang, Siyu Mu, Gen Li, Zihao Yang, Junyou Yang*, Fausto Pedro Garcia Marquez, Xiran Zhou, Yiming Ma, Zhe Chen

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In the power ancillary service market, power sources can participate in peak shaving and obtain profits. However, nuclear power plants (NPPs) cannot contribute sufficient peak-shaving capability to the power system and obtain peak-shaving profits due to their limited flexibility as the base load. To tackle this challenge, an electrothermal coupled model for NPPs is proposed in this paper, which combines the characteristics and constraints of nuclear power units and electric heat storage (EHS). The coupling model can enhance the flexible adjustment capability of NPPs by increasing their self-consumption. Meanwhile, the operation strategy of NPPs considering the electrothermal coupling model is developed to enhance the NPP operation profits. Moreover, a cost calculation method for NPPs is developed, which can calculate the peak-shaving compensation and cost-sharing of NPPs. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by numerous simulations using the model of the Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant in Liaoning, China. Compared with the three traditional methods, the profit of the EHS is increased by 3%, the peak-shaving compensation is enhanced by 4.4%. Meanwhile, the cost-sharing is reduced by 40%, and the total profits of the proposed method are improved by 18.9%.
Original languageEnglish
Article number112686
JournalNuclear Engineering and Design
Volume415
Number of pages13
ISSN0029-5493
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Electric heat storage
  • Nuclear power plant
  • Electrothermal coupling model
  • Power ancillary service market
  • Peak shaving

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