A Qualitative Control Approach to Reduce Energy Costs of Hybrid Energy Systems: Utilizing Energy Price and Weather Data
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2020-03-17
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17
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Energies, Volume 13, issue 6
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Nowadays, many buildings are equipped with various energy sources. The challenge is how to efficiently utilize their energy production. This includes decreasing the share and costs of external energy-usually electrical energy delivered from the grid. The following study presents a qualitative approach with a combined control to solve the problem. The approach is demonstrated using a simulated residential building equipped with a hybrid energy system: a thermal energy storage combined with an electrical heater, a geothermal heat pump and a solar thermal collector. Consequently, the share of renewable energy was increased and, conversely, costs of the external energy from grid decreased by 12.2%. The results were based on a qualitative approach and the algorithm which predicts the need of energy of the building over the next 6 h with the aid of weather forecasting. This approach included a storage tank of 300 L. The energy costs can be further decreased 7.7% by increasing thermal storage capacity and modifying the control algorithm. In all cases, the indoor conditions were kept at a comfortable level. However, if the room temperature is temporarily allowed to slightly drop a few degrees during the heating season, the energy costs were further reduced.Description
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building energy simulation, energy storage, price responsive, load shifting, electrical heater, solar collector, geothermal heat pump, renewable energy, qualitative modelling
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Taebnia, M, Heikkilä, M, Mäkinen, J, Kiukkonen-Kivioja, J, Pakanen, J & Kurnitski, J 2020, ' A Qualitative Control Approach to Reduce Energy Costs of Hybrid Energy Systems: Utilizing Energy Price and Weather Data ', Energies, vol. 13, no. 6, 1401 . https://doi.org/10.3390/en13061401