System-Level Dynamic Modeling and Cross-Domain Disturbance Propagation of an Electricity–Hydrogen–Heat Coupling Subsystem for Integrated Transportation Hubs
Integrated transportation hubs are characterized by fast-varying and strongly coupled electricity, hydrogen-refueling, and thermal demands driven by traffic activities. To characterize their short-term dynamic interactions, this paper develops a compact system-level model of a core electricity–hydrogen–heat coupling subsystem comprising a PEM electrolyzer, a hydrogen storage tank, a fuel cell, and a thermal side. Power- and temperature-dependent off-design models are established for the PEM electrolyzer and fuel cell, while a lumped-parameter thermodynamic model with real-gas correction is developed for the hydrogen storage tank. The electrolyzer and fuel-cell models achieve calibration MAPEs of 0.39% and approximately 0.81%, respectively, against published reference data. Two typical disturbance scenarios are then investigated. Under a 30 kW electrical-load step, the grid-power deviation is reduced from a peak of approximately 29.4 kW to about 9.1 kW, while the hydrogen-refueling-demand disturbance produces only a minor thermal-side temperature variation. The results reveal distinct propagation magnitudes and time-scale characteristics across the electrical, hydrogen, and thermal domains. The proposed framework provides a compact and physically interpretable tool for short-term cross-domain dynamic analysis of integrated transportation hubs.
Authors
- Aihong Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4584-7515)
- Junhao Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7330-8191)
- Yujun Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3289-9471)
- Song Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2281-0480)
- Xueqin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3270-0899)
- Hanbing Yang
- Guangning Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6308-6911)
- Aoxu Feng
- Guoqiang Gao
- Dengrui Zhu
Institutions
- Wuhan University of Technology (CN)
- Southwest Jiaotong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Energies
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184313
- Primary Topic
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00