Thermal Storage for District Cooling—Implications for Renewable Energy Transition

The utilization of air conditioning in public and private buildings is continuously increasing globally and is one of the major factors fueling the growth of the global electricity demand. The higher utilization of renewable energy sources and the transition of the electricity-generating industry to...

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Autor principal:	Efstathios E. Michaelides
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	air conditioning renewable energy district cooling microgrids grid-independent buildings thermal storage Technology T
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:445f61b4029d454a8ef20c2bad28420c2021-11-11T16:02:57ZThermal Storage for District Cooling—Implications for Renewable Energy Transition10.3390/en142173171996-1073https://doaj.org/article/445f61b4029d454a8ef20c2bad28420c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/21/7317https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1073The utilization of air conditioning in public and private buildings is continuously increasing globally and is one of the major factors fueling the growth of the global electricity demand. The higher utilization of renewable energy sources and the transition of the electricity-generating industry to renewable energy sources requires significant energy storage in order to avoid supply–demand mismatches. This storage-regeneration process entails dissipation, which leads to higher energy generation loads. Both the energy generation and the required storage may be reduced using thermal energy storage to provide domestic comfort in buildings. The development and utilization of thermal storage, achieved by chilled water, in a community of two thousand buildings located in the North Texas region are proven to have profound and beneficial effects on the necessary infrastructure to make this community independent of the grid and self-sufficient with renewable energy. The simulations show that both the necessary photovoltaics rating and the capacity of the electric energy storage system are significantly reduced when thermal storage with a chilled water system is used during the air conditioning season.Efstathios E. MichaelidesMDPI AGarticleair conditioningrenewable energydistrict coolingmicrogridsgrid-independent buildingsthermal storageTechnologyTENEnergies, Vol 14, Iss 7317, p 7317 (2021)
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description	The utilization of air conditioning in public and private buildings is continuously increasing globally and is one of the major factors fueling the growth of the global electricity demand. The higher utilization of renewable energy sources and the transition of the electricity-generating industry to renewable energy sources requires significant energy storage in order to avoid supply–demand mismatches. This storage-regeneration process entails dissipation, which leads to higher energy generation loads. Both the energy generation and the required storage may be reduced using thermal energy storage to provide domestic comfort in buildings. The development and utilization of thermal storage, achieved by chilled water, in a community of two thousand buildings located in the North Texas region are proven to have profound and beneficial effects on the necessary infrastructure to make this community independent of the grid and self-sufficient with renewable energy. The simulations show that both the necessary photovoltaics rating and the capacity of the electric energy storage system are significantly reduced when thermal storage with a chilled water system is used during the air conditioning season.
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title	Thermal Storage for District Cooling—Implications for Renewable Energy Transition
title_short	Thermal Storage for District Cooling—Implications for Renewable Energy Transition
title_full	Thermal Storage for District Cooling—Implications for Renewable Energy Transition
title_fullStr	Thermal Storage for District Cooling—Implications for Renewable Energy Transition
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Thermal Storage for District Cooling—Implications for Renewable Energy Transition

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