An intelligent solar-driven multi-generation energy production/storage system
Number of Authors: 32022 (English)In: International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering, ICECCME 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2022Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
This work presents an efficient, clean, and cutting-edge building cooling, heating, and power system driven by high-temperature trough collectors and a reseidential wind turbine. The proposed smart system comprises a vanadium chloride hydrogen cycle and electrolyzer unit using the collectors' absorbed heat and turbine's generated wind to produce hydrogen to run alkaline fuel cells. In addition to electricity production, the waste heat of fuel cells is exploited through absorption chiller and heat exchangers for cooling and heating generations. Besides, several controllers are implemented to establish a smart interaction between the system and local energy grids. Transient simulation is performed via TRNSYS-MATLAB developed code for Lund city in southwest Sweden. Moreover, the effect of significant parameters on main performance indicators is studied via parametric study. According to the results, by increasing the solar radiation from summer to winter, solar collectors' contribution to producing the hydrogen is reduced, which signifies the role of wind energy as a secondary source to compensate for the building's demand. The results further reveal that not only the entire building demand is supplied with renewable resources for most of the year but also a considerable energy value is sold to the local energy network, indicating the effectiveness of the suggested system. According to the parametric investigation, while the increase in fuel cell current density has a major positive effect on the performance indicators, the electrode area is recommended to be kept at the lowest bound.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2022.
Keywords [en]
Fuel cell, Hydrogen, Renewable Energy, Smart Controller, Solar, Wind
National Category
Energy Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-333455DOI: 10.1109/ICECCME55909.2022.9987740Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85146438063OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-333455DiVA, id: diva2:1785197
Conference
2022 International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering, ICECCME 2022, Male, Maldives, Nov 16 2022 - Nov 18 2022
Note
Part of ISBN 9781665470957
QC 20230801
2023-08-012023-08-012023-08-01Bibliographically approved