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Main Authors: Khalatbarisoltani, Arash, Mahmoudi, Amin, Han, Jie, Saeed, Muhammad, Liu, Wenxue, Li, Jinwen, Kahourzade, Solmaz, Yazdani, Amirmehdi, Hu, Xiaosong
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07823
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  • Hydrogen integration into microgrids facilitates the absorption of intermittencies from renewable energy resources. However, significant challenges remain due to complex optimization problems, particularly in large-scale applications involving multiple fuel cells (FCs) and electrolyzers (ELs) with numerous binary decision variables. This paper presents a hierarchical quantum annealing (QA) model predictive control-based power allocation framework aimed at accelerating these optimization problems. First, in a day-ahead stage, the framework determines the startup and shutdown of the FCs and ELs. The short-term stage then refines the output power of the FCs and the hydrogen generation rate of the ELs. The feasibility is evaluated through a case study consisting of multiple households in Australia. Our findings demonstrate that while the traditional optimization approach performs satisfactorily in scenarios with a small number of households, the QA approach becomes more appropriate and effectively solves the problem within an acceptable range as the number of connected households increases.