Determining the Optimal Capacities of Renewable-Energy-Based Energy Conversion Systems for Meeting the Demands of Low-Energy District Heating, Electricity, and District Cooling

Hakan Tol; Svend  Svendsen; Ibrahim Dincer

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-17031-2_53

Determining the Optimal Capacities of Renewable-Energy-Based Energy Conversion Systems for Meeting the Demands of Low-Energy District Heating, Electricity, and District Cooling

Hakan Tol
, Svend Svendsen
, Ibrahim Dincer

Ontario Tech University

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Abstract

This chapter presents a method for determining the optimal capacity of
a renewable-energy-based energy conversion system for meeting the energy
requirements of a given district as considered on a monthly basis, with use of a
low-energy district heating system operating at a low temperature, as low as 55 °C for supply and 25 °C for return, and with additional considerations being directed to supply electricity and cooling. Several optimal solutions with various nominal capacities of the technologies involved were obtained in each of the two case studies, one being for the Greater Copenhagen Area, and the other for the Greater Toronto Area. Various climate conditions of the case areas in question caused different observations of nominal capacities for the energy conversion systems considered with single-production and multi-production based on different renewable energy sources.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Progress in Clean Energy
Volume	2
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2015
Pages	777-830
Chapter	53
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-17030-5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-17031-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17031-2_53
Publication status	Published - 2015

UN SDGs

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Renewable energy
Low-energy
District heating
Low-temperature
District cooling
Energy conversion system
Municipal decision tool
Exergoeconomy
Lifecycle cost
Optimization

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Progress in Clean Energy. Vol. 2 Springer, 2015. p. 777-830.

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