A multi-timescale cold storage system within energy flexible buildings for power balance management of smart grids

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2020

Keywords

Demand response, Energy flexible building, Multi-time scale, Power balance, Seasonal cold storage, Smart grid

DOI

10.1016/j.renene.2020.07.079

Abstract

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Energy storage is widely used in energy flexible buildings, which have great potential for relieving the power imbalance of electrical grids. However, most of the existing energy storage systems are designed for short-term storage, and only a few systems reported for long-term or multi-time scale storage. This paper introduces a new type of multi-timescale cold storage system consisted of a heat pipe-based natural ice storage subsystem and a dual-operation chiller for buildings to enhance their energy flexibility. The proposed system operated in different modes to provide the seasonal cold storage, nighttime chilled water storage, and urgent demand response services, which can be used for relieving the power imbalance in the timescale of the long-term, short-term and real-time respectively. The working principle, system configuration, operation modes, and the implementation of the proposed system for multi-timescale power management, are presented. A case study has been conducted in a building in Beijing to demonstrate the application and effectiveness. Results show that building load factors are greatly improved seasonally (from 19.5% to 49.5%) and daily (from 55.7% to 72.2%), and the power consumption is also considerably decreased (41.2%) during the demand response (DR) event.

Source Publication

Renewable Energy

Volume Number

161

ISSN

09601481

First Page

626

Last Page

634

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