Optimal day-to-day scheduling of multiple energy assets in residential buildings equipped with variable-speed heat pumps

Nikolaos A. Efkarpidis, Styliani A. Vomva, Georgios C. Christoforidis and Grigoris K. Papagiannis

Applied Energy, 2022, vol. 312, issue C, No S0306261922001635

Abstract: The largest parts of energy demand within the residential sector are used for space heating (SH), domestic hot water (DHW) and space cooling (SC). The thermal and electrical needs can be mainly covered by energy systems that consist of Photovoltaics (PVs), solar thermal collectors (STCs), heat pumps (HPs) and flexibility sources, e.g. battery energy storage (BES) and thermal energy storage (TES). In this paper, various control strategies for the optimal day-to-day operation of residential energy systems that consist of a variable-speed HP, STCs, PVs, as well as BES and TES units are examined. The proposed strategies are based on the concepts of self-consumption maximization (SCM) and time-of-use arbitrage (ToUA) considering priorities on BES and TES charging. A typical Greek single-family building is assumed examining multiple criteria for the assessment of the rule-based approaches. The results demonstrate that priority on TES charging can lead to higher system performance than on BES charging. Regardless of the number of ToU tariff zones, during off/mid-peak periods the upper energy needs of the SH/SC trajectory should be fulfilled only in case of excess PV power, otherwise the cost of imported energy increases significantly. Both SCM and ToUA strategies can lead to rates of self-consumption and self-sufficiency that deviate in average per about 4% from the optimal values. Moreover, the ToUA-based strategies can approach the minimum cost of imported energy with a relative increase of 22% compared to the optimum. However, the minimum thermal discomfort due to space temperature cannot be achieved without the prediction of the daily SH/SC demand. Furthermore, the proposed strategies can reach the minimum thermal discomfort due to DHW losses, while leading to lower BES degradation rates than the optimization. Finally, from the multi-objective optimization for the first year of system operation, it is verified that the optimal dimensioning of PV, BES and TES is considerably affected by the type of rule-based strategy selected.

Keywords: BES; Optimization-based; Rule-based; SCM; TES; ToUA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118702

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