114 citations · 114 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for
5 papers
Voluntary Renewable Programs: Optimal Pricing and Revenue Allocation
Zhiyuan Fan, Tianyi Lin, Bolun Xu
This paper develops a multi-period optimization framework to design a voluntary renewable program (VRP) for an electric utility company, aiming to maximize total renewable energy d…
Electric Arc Furnaces Scheduling under Electricity Price Volatility with Reinforcement Learning
Ruonan Pi, Zhiyuan Fan, Bolun Xu
This paper proposes a reinforcement learning-based framework for optimizing the operation of electric arc furnaces (EAFs) under volatile electricity prices. We formulate the determ…
Design Optimization and Global Impact Assessment of Solar-Thermal Direct Air Carbon Capture
Zhiyuan Fan, Bolun Xu
The dual challenge of decarbonizing the economy and meeting rising global energy demand underscores the need for scalable and cost-effective carbon dioxide removal technologies. Di…
Enhancing Profit and CO2 Mitigation: Commercial Direct Air Capture Design and Operation with Power Market Volatility
Zhiyuan Fan, Elizabeth Dentzer, James Glynn +3
Current decarbonization efforts are falling short of meeting the net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emission target, highlighting the need for substantial carbon dioxide removal methods…
Long-Term Energy Management for Microgrid with Hybrid Hydrogen-Battery Energy Storage: A Prediction-Free Coordinated Optimization Framework
Ning Qi, Kaidi Huang, Zhiyuan Fan +1
This paper studies the long-term energy management of a microgrid coordinating hybrid hydrogen-battery energy storage. We develop an approximate semi-empirical hydrogen storage mod…