This book provides a thorough overview of the concept of whole energy systems and the role of vector-coupling technologies (VCTs) in meeting long-term decarbonization strategies. It is the first comprehensive reference that provides basic definitions and fundamental, applicable approaches to whole energy systems analysis and vector-coupling technologies in a multidisciplinary way.Whole Energy Systems presents practical methods with evidence from applications to real-world and simulated coupled energy systems. Sample analytical examples are provided to aid in the understanding of the presented methods. The book will provide researchers and industry stakeholders focused on whole energy systems, as well researchers and developers from different branches of engineering, energy, economics, and operation research, with state-of-the-art coverage and the latest developments in the field.

Vahid Vahidinasab, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Before that, he was an Assistant Professor at the Shahid Beheshti University, Iran, and also a Senior Research Associate of power and energy systems at the Newcastle University, UK, and managed the inteGRIDy as an EU Horizon 2020 project. Dr. Vahidinasab also worked with the EPSRC Active Building Centre (ABC) and has had collaborations on joint research works with EPSRC National Centre for Energy Systems Integration and Supergen Energy Networks Hub. His research interests are power and energy systems modeling and analysis, smart grids and microgrids, distributed energy systems integration, as well as and energy markets.
Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, Ph.D., is a member of the Faculty of Engineering with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Mula Stk Koçman University, Turkey. He was previously a Senior Research Fellow at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is also a Professor at the University of Tabriz, from where he is currently on leave. Before joining the University of Tabriz, he was a research associate at the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy at the University of Calgary. He obtained MSc and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Sharif University of Technology. His mains research interests are renewable energies, microgrid systems, and smart grids.

Concept, Definition, and Challenges of Vector Coupling in Whole Energy Systems.- Power-to-X for Renewable Based Hybrid Energy Systems.- Whole Energy Systems Evaluation: A Methodological Framework and Case Study.- Targeting and Design multi-generation system through Total site integration approach.- Investigating the Effective Methods in Improving the Resilience of Electricity and Gas Systems.- Optimal Placement of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Systems Considering the Cost of Environmental Pollutants.- Optimal Coalition Operation of Interconnected Hybrid Energy Systems Containing Local Energy Conversion Technologies, Renewable Energy Resources, and Energy Storage Systems.- Optimal Co-Generation of Electric and Heatenergy systems considering Heat Energy StorageSystems and CHP units.- Investigating the Role of Flexibility Options in Multi-Vector Energy Systems.- Impact of Demand Response Programs on the Operation of Electricity and Gas Systems.- Two-stage stochastic market-clearing of energy and reserve in the presence of coupled fuel cell-based hydrogen storage system with renewable resources.- Polygeneration Systems in fossil fuel power plants: The role of Power-to-X in CO2 mitigation.- The Role of Distributed Multi-Vector Energy Assets in Economic Decarbonisation: Early Findings of a UK Demonstrator.