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Optimal Synthesis, Design and Operation of Smart Microgrids Serving a Cluster of Buildings in a Campus with Centralized and Decentralized Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems.
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AIP Conference Proceedings . 2019, Vol. 2191 Issue 1, p020148-1-020148-8. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Optimal design and operation of energy systems serving clusters of buildings interconnected by energy microgrids is a scientific challenge for the engineering community, with many interdisciplinary aspects involved. In the paper, the optimization problem is tackled in terms of simulation-based design of the energy system for a typical year of operation. The methodology has been applied to a Campus in Trieste, Italy, involving locally available renewable energy sources, a centralized cogeneration system, and decentralized heat pumps. The nominal powers of cogeneration plant, photovoltaic modules and wind turbine have been optimized by a population-based evolutionary optimization algorithm, previously proposed by the authors. We have also found the optimal scheduling of energy generators by means of a greedy approach. The solution with maximum Annualized Cost Saving Percentage is discussed, highlighting how a configuration involving decentralized heat pumps is cost effective, integrates more renewable energy sources, and reduces environmental impact and grid exchange compared to a benchmark solution, with fully centralized generators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0094243X
- Volume :
- 2191
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- 140434467
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5138881