Aviation-to-Grid: Grid flexibility through multiscale modelling and integration of power systems with electrified air transport

航空到电网：通过多尺度建模以及电力系统与电气化航空运输的集成实现电网灵活性

• 批准号: EP/W028905/1
• 负责人: Xin Zhang
• 金额: $ 51.33万
• 依托单位: University of Sheffield
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FW028905%2F1
• 关键词: Aviation; Grid; flexibility; through; multiscale

Aviation is arguably one of the most difficult sectors to be decarbonised. The UK government's recent Transport Decarbonisation Plan targets for Accelerating Aviation Decarbonisation to reach net zero by 2050, aiming to decarbonise emissions from airport operations in England by 2040, and to support the development of new and zero carbon UK aircraft technology [1]. The Department for Transport's Aviation Strategy recommends electrification as a possible solution to mitigate aviation's carbon emissions [2]. Electrification technologies are being deployed successfully in land-based transport. Electrification is now being challenged to address the more ambitious aviation decarbonisation. In the air, electric and hybrid aircraft particularly for short-haul or regional electric aircraft have advanced rapidly. On the ground, UK airports (Heathrow as a project partner of this proposal) lead pilot decarbonisation projects to enable the transition to regional electric and sustainable aviation, and shape the landscape of future low-carbon infrastructure and services.Currently, there is a significant disconnect between power systems and electrified air transport in terms of energy users and suppliers, infrastructure and interoperability to achieve the net-zero in both industries. The electrification of aviation will create a new nexus between power systems and electrified air transport. There are several key challenges:1) The power systems will require electrified aviation to integrate into ground energy infrastructure and must not overload the future grid.2) Electrified aviation as a new energy user requires the power systems to supply large volumes of low-carbon electricity to meet new loads of electric aircraft.3) Significant charging infrastructures are required. Our feasibility study on a UK airport indicates that even if only 10% domestic flights are electrified then £50M will need to be spent on charging infrastructure.4) Significantly high costs will be incurred for building additional power generation capacity. Our initial study indicates 15 GW additional power generation capacity will be required if 45% of UK domestic flights are electrified.This proposed research will explore the fundamental integration of a new nexus between power system and electrified air transport system, named 'Aviation-to-Grid', with an ambitious aim to bridge the significant disconnect between two systems in terms of energy demand and supply, infrastructure and interoperability. This will be achieved by using the multiscale energy modelling and system integration as key research methods. A new concept of Aviation-to-Grid flexibility will be investigated as a potential solution to unlock the flexibility provisions from Aviation-to-Grid, so that infrastructure and operation costs can be reduced and co-optimised across both systems. This project, for the first time, brings power industry (National Grid ESO), airport operators (Heathrow Airport), energy infrastructure solutions (UK Power Networks Services), transport policy (Department for Transport) and the UK academic communities (Supergen, DTE Network) together in a truly interdisciplinary manner.In this project, multiscale energy modelling (WP1) and multiscale system integration (WP2) will explore a bottom-up approach across the new nexus of power systems and electrified air transport. Aviation-to-Grid flexibility provisions will be evaluated with cost-benefit analysis (WP3). Industrial application potential of Aviation-to-Grid flexibility will be demonstrated in a real-time simulation platform in the lab using representative case studies with recommendations for implementation (WP4).[1] Decarbonising transport: a better, greener Britain, Department for Transport, 14 July 2021[2] Aviation 2050 - the future of UK aviation, Department for Transport, 22 October 2019

可以说，航空是最困难的部门之一。英国政府最近的运输脱碳计划的目标是加速航空脱碳化，到2050年到2050年，旨在到2040年到英格兰的机场运营，并支持开发新的和零碳碳飞机技术[1]。运输部的航空战略建议电气化作为减轻航空碳排放的可能解决方案[2]。电力技术已成功部署在陆基运输中。现在，电气正受到挑战，以解决更雄心勃勃的航空脱碳化。在空中，电动和混合动力飞机，特别是用于短途或区域电动飞机的飞机迅速前进。在现场，英国机场（希思罗机场（Heathrow）作为该提案的项目合作伙伴）领导飞行员脱碳计划，使其能够过渡到区域电气和可持续航空，并塑造未来低碳基础设施和服务的景观。当然，在能源系统中，在能源系统中，在能源乘坐范围内都有大量的脱节，并在能源乘坐范围内，在企业中均可在企业中获得互联网和供应商，并在供应商中获得了互惠。航空电气化将在电源系统和电气化空中传输之间创造一个新的下一个。有几个关键挑战：1）电力系统将需要电气化航空才能集成到地面能源基础设施中，并且不得超载未来的网格。2）电气航空作为新的能源用户需要电力系统来提供大量的低碳电力以满足新的电动飞机。我们对英国机场的可行性研究表明，即使只有10％的国内航班电气化，也需要花费5000万英镑用于充电基础设施。4）为建立额外的发电能力而产生的高昂成本也会大大高。我们的初步研究表明，如果45％的英国国内航班电气化为15 GW，则需要额外的发电能力。这项拟议的研究将探讨电力系统与电气系统和电气运输系统之间新的Nextus的基本整合，称为“航空航天到网络”，雄心勃勃，旨在在能源需求和供应和供应，基础上和基础上弥合两个系统之间的大量脱节。这将通过使用多尺度能源建模和系统集成作为关键研究方法来实现。将研究一个新的航空网格灵活性概念，作为一种潜在的解决方案，可以从航空到网格中解锁灵活性规定，以便可以在两个系统中降低和合作地进行基础架构和运营成本。该项目首次将电力行业（国家）网格带来，机场运营商（希思罗机场机场），能源基础设施解决方案（英国电力网络服务），运输政策（运输部）和英国学术社区（超级，DTE网络）以一种真正的相互互动的方式组合在一起。电力系统和电气运输的联系。航空网络灵活性规定将通过成本效益分析（WP3）评估。航空网络灵活性的工业应用潜力将在实验室的实时仿真平台中使用代表案例研究和实施建议（WP4）进行证明。[1]脱碳运输：更好的，绿色的英国，运输部，2021年7月14日[2]航空2050年 - 英国航空的未来，运输部，2019年10月22日