Analysis of the economic feasibility and reduction of a building’s energy consumption and emissions when integrating hybrid solar thermal/PV/micro-CHP systems

Laura Romero Rodríguez, José Manuel Salmerón Lissén, José Sánchez Ramos, Enrique Ángel Rodríguez Jara and Servando Álvarez Domínguez

Applied Energy, 2016, vol. 165, issue C, 828-838

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to assess the performance of several designs of hybrid systems composed of solar thermal collectors, photovoltaic panels and natural gas internal combustion engines. The software TRNSYS 17 has been used to perform all the calculations and data processing, as well as an optimisation of the tank volumes through an add-in coupled with the GENOPT® software. The study is carried out by analysing the behaviour of the designed systems and the conventional case in five different locations of Spain with diverse climatic characteristics, evaluating the same building in all cases. Regulators, manufacturers and energy service engineers are the most interested in these results.

Keywords: Energy consumption in buildings; Distributed generation; Hybrid systems; Micro-CHP; Microcogeneration; TRNSYS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.12.080

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