Digital twins of multiple energy networks based on real-time simulation using holomorphic embedding method, Part I: Mechanism-driven modeling

Digital twins can provide system operators with a new way to design, operate, and maintain highly-interconnected multiple energy networks (MEN) by integrating interdisciplinary models using the co-simulation technique and implementing faster-than-real-time simulation enabled by powerful modern computing facilities. This series of papers presents digital twins of MEN capable of real-time simulation facilitated by the holomorphic embedding method. As Part I of this series of papers, mechanism-driven modeling is concentrated to guarantee that high-resolution solutions are computationally accessible. A holomorphic embedding-based model (HEM) for MEN is proposed, which uses time-dependent holomorphic functions to depict the time-varying dynamics of gas and heat flows. A convergence radius model (CRM) is proposed to obtain the essential convergence information of HEM, thereby improving its computational performance to match the real-time requirement. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is validated in a medium-sized study case. The results show that the proposed method offers a significant computational benefit with competent precision when compared to standard differential methods, laying the groundwork for the realization of MEN’s digital twins.