Design and analysis of solar hybrid combined cooling, heating and power system: A bi-level optimization model

Abstract

The planning and operation optimization of hybrid combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) systems is the prerequisite and foundation for its advantages such as economy, energy saving, and high efficiency. This study constructed a bi-level optimization model of a hybrid CCHP system. Firstly, an upper-level capacity planning model of the hybrid CCHP system is constructed considering system economy, energy, and environmental performance. Secondly, a lower-level operation optimization model is proposed, considering the operation and maintenance cost of the system. Thirdly, a multi-objective honey badger algorithm (MOHBA) is developed based on the characteristics of the studied problem and the features of the bi-level optimization model. Finally, the optimization results indicate that the hybrid CCHP can save 32.79 % of the total cost, 49.74 % of primary energy, and 60.18 % of carbon emissions compared to the separation production (SP) system. In addition, compared with improving the strength Pareto evolutionary algorithm (SPEA2), non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II (NSGA-II), multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on decomposition (MOEAD), and multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO), the proposed MOHBA can provide superior optimization results. The proposed bi-level planning model achieves improved economic, energy, and environmental performance of the hybrid CCHP system compared to the single-level planning model for the given operation modes.