TY - CHAP
T1 - Electrification of ethylene production
T2 - exploring the potential of flexible operation
AU - Tiggeloven, Julia L.
AU - Faaij, André P.C.
AU - Kramer, Gert Jan
AU - Gazzani, Matteo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Electrification of the ethylene production process has potential for reducing hard-to-abate CO2 emissions, however, this comes at the expense of increased electricity consumption. Flexible operation of electric naphtha crackers in response to fluctuating electricity prices can compensate for the increased operating costs, depending on the boundary conditions. However, given the level of technological complexity, it remains uncertain to what extend flexible operation of the ethylene production process is feasible. In this work we use mathematical optimization to investigate the added value of various levels of flexible operation of the process in a low-CO2 energy system. We find that (i) highly variable electricity prices promote flexible operation and (ii) providing flexibility in low-CO2 energy systems by ramping the production or using electricity storage is essential.
AB - Electrification of the ethylene production process has potential for reducing hard-to-abate CO2 emissions, however, this comes at the expense of increased electricity consumption. Flexible operation of electric naphtha crackers in response to fluctuating electricity prices can compensate for the increased operating costs, depending on the boundary conditions. However, given the level of technological complexity, it remains uncertain to what extend flexible operation of the ethylene production process is feasible. In this work we use mathematical optimization to investigate the added value of various levels of flexible operation of the process in a low-CO2 energy system. We find that (i) highly variable electricity prices promote flexible operation and (ii) providing flexibility in low-CO2 energy systems by ramping the production or using electricity storage is essential.
KW - electrification
KW - flexibility
KW - optimization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85166952574&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-443-15274-0.50491-1
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-443-15274-0.50491-1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85166952574
VL - 52
T3 - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
SP - 3079
EP - 3084
BT - 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
A2 - Kokossis, Antonios C.
A2 - Georgiadis, Michael C.
A2 - Pistikopoulos, Efstratios
PB - Elsevier bedrijfsinformatie b.v.
ER -