Ontario energy supply network modeling, evaluation, and optimization of gas-power conversion and supply technologies

安大略省正朝着整合电力和天然气供应网络的方向发展，以实现高性能的混合能源供应，以满足地区在电力、热能、燃料和水、供应技术和方案方面的能源需求，同时优化环境影响和总体成本。拟议项目的目标是设计和构建安大略省天然气和电力集成能源模型的建模框架，该模型使用用于该省LMP（位置边际定价）的IESO节点模型的更高级别聚合。它将为安大略省的气电集成，特别是电转气部署提供有价值的见解。拟议的建模将使用IESO节点提供安大略省能源网格的每小时模拟，其中包括Richview， Atikokan， Pineportage和Thunderbay（西北），Andrews， Canyon和NPIroqfalls（北部），Ottawa (TAOHSC), Saunders（多伦多），Darlington (Essa), BruceB, Nanticoke（西南），Beck2（尼亚加拉）和Lambton（西部）。它将整合与马尼托巴、密歇根、纽约和魁北克的所有关系，并创建位于每个节点（核能、风能等）的聚合生成器对象，并按照调度规则(例如：最小运行速率，可变调度等)。每个节点将研究不同的覆盖天然气基础设施，并在西南最节点增加聚集储气库。此外，它还将与TransCanada干线、Niagara和Eastern Ontario的Sarnia和Marcellus页岩的主要天然气互连。此外，安大略模型将包括每个节点的电力负荷和天然气负荷，并具有工业，商业和住宅或组合的分层级别，以及所有可能的电力-天然气工厂技术模型库。提出的安大略省能源模型将根据历史数据进行验证，并用于预测2014-2015年安大略省的能源需求。氢气生产和供应链将作为拟议能源模型的一部分进行评估，与天然气选项进行比较，并根据基于生命周期的绩效指标进行优化。GIS数据分析将用于绘制安大略省负荷和地区的燃气电网。

Ontario is moving toward integrating power and gas supply networks to achieve high performance hybrid energy supply to cover regional energy demands in terms of electricity, thermal, fuel, and water, supply technologies and scenarios while optimizing environmental impacts and overall costs. The objective of the proposed project is to design and build the modeling framework for an Integrated Ontario Energy Model for gas and power integration using a higher level aggregation of the IESO nodal model used for LMP (locational marginal pricing) in the province. It will provide valuable insights for gas-electric integration in Ontario, particularly for Power-to-Gas deployments. The proposed modeling will provide hourly simulation of Ontario energy grids using IESO nodes, which include Richview, Atikokan, Pineportage and Thunderbay (Northwest), Andrews, Canyon and NPIroqfalls (North), Ottawa (TAOHSC), Saunders (Toronto), Darlington (Essa), BruceB, Nanticoke (South West), Beck2 (Niagara) and Lambton (West). It will incorporate all interties with Manitoba, Michigan, NY and Quebec, and create aggregate generator objects located at each node (nuclear, wind, etc.) with dispatch rules(e.g. min run rate, variable dispatch, etc.). Different overlay gas infrastructures will be studied for each node and add aggregated gas storage at the Southwestern most node. In addition, it will incorporate major gas interconnections with the TransCanada mainline, Sarnia and Marcellus shale at Niagara and Eastern Ontario. Moreover, the Ontario model will include power loads and gas loads at each node with hierarchical levels of aggregation industrial, commercial and residential or a combination, and with all possible model libraries for Power-to-Gas plant technologies. The proposed Ontario energy model will be verified against historical data and used to predict the 2014-2015 Ontario energy demand. Hydrogen production and supply chains will be evaluated as part of the proposed energy model to compare with natural gas options and optimized based on lifecycle-based performance indicators. GIS data analysis will be used for gas-electricity grids as mapped to loads and regions in Ontario.