Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
WESCE, İstanbul, Türkiye, 26 - 28 Ağustos 2019, ss.1-2
Energy demand is increasing due to rising energy consumption and it is anticipated that
current energy resources will not be able to meet this demand in the near future. The
researchers, therefore, study cheap alternative energy sources that will ensure
environmental sustainability in economic and energetic strategies. Hydrogen energy is one
of these alternatives. Efficient delivery of hydrogen from production to the end-user's
consumption is possible with a well-established hydrogen supply network. Since hydrogen
can be produced, stored and transported by different methods, several decisions at different
levels (operational and strategic) must be made in order to achieve such an efficient
network. The decisions include but are not limited to production, storage and
transportation of hydrogen. Hydrogen energy can be produced by means of electrolysis
from various sources such as renewable energy sources (wind and solar), biomass, and
nuclear energy. It can be stored in forms of liquid and gas. The transportation medium
between the production and storage facilities should be compatible with the existing
technologies. The network should be installed in such a way that the cost of production,
storage and transportation of hydrogen is minimized while satisfying the energy demand
and conforming to the capacity of the production and transportation facilities. Finally,
securing of the network must be considered as well. In this study, we study the optimal
design and operation hydrogen supply chain network of Turkey using mixed integer linear
programming. Our goal is to determine types of production and storage facilities,
transportation infrastructure and estimated quantities of shipments between demand and
supply points.