MU Chunhua, JU Wenping, HUANG Jiasi, et al. Review and prospect of technologies of enhancing the flexibility of thermal power units[J]. Thermal power generation, 2018, 47(5): 1-7.
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MU Chunhua, JU Wenping, HUANG Jiasi, et al. Review and prospect of technologies of enhancing the flexibility of thermal power units[J]. Thermal power generation, 2018, 47(5): 1-7. DOI: 10.19666/j.rlfd.201802048.
Review and prospect of technologies of enhancing the flexibility of thermal power units
In order to solve the problem of air pollution effectively
the government vigorously promotes the clean reformation of existing energy structure
resulting in the rapid growth of installed capacities of wind generation and solar power generation. In addition
the traditional coal-based power plants are already in a state of overcapacity
which leads to difficulties in the peak load regulation of the power grid. These problems have put forward higher requirements for the flexibility and deep peak load regulation capacity of coal-based power units. In this study
the necessity of enhancing the flexibility of thermal power units is discussed from the viewpoints of the development trend of renewable energy in China and the phenomenon of wind and solar energy abandonment. Besides
the existing problems of insufficient peak load regulation
slow load response speed
and long-term deviation from design conditions in thermal power units are analyzed
and then the solution technologies and application situations are introduced. Based on this
the future research directions of enhancing the flexibility of thermal power units are predicted.