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Main Authors: Prat, Eléa, Pinson, Pierre, Lusby, Richard M., Plougonven, Riwal, Badosa, Jordi, Drobinski, Philippe
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.08721
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author Prat, Eléa
Pinson, Pierre
Lusby, Richard M.
Plougonven, Riwal
Badosa, Jordi
Drobinski, Philippe
author_facet Prat, Eléa
Pinson, Pierre
Lusby, Richard M.
Plougonven, Riwal
Badosa, Jordi
Drobinski, Philippe
contents As seasonal thermal energy storage emerges as an efficient solution to reduce CO2 emissions of buildings, challenges appear related to its optimal operation. In a system including short-term electricity storage, long-term heat storage, and where electricity and heat networks are connected through a heat pump, it becomes crucial to operate the system on two time scales. Based on real data from a university building, we simulate the operation of such a system over a year, comparing different strategies based on model predictive control (MPC). The first objective of this paper is to determine the minimum prediction horizon to retrieve the results of the full-horizon operation problem with cost minimization. The second objective is to evaluate a method that combines MPC with setting targets on the heat storage level at the end of the prediction horizon, based on historical data. For a prediction horizon of 6 days, the suboptimality gap with the full-horizon results is 4.31%, compared to 11.42% when using a prediction horizon of 42 days and fixing the final level to be equal to the initial level, which is a common approach.
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spellingShingle Optimal Operation of a Building with Electricity-Heat Networks and Seasonal Storage
Prat, Eléa
Pinson, Pierre
Lusby, Richard M.
Plougonven, Riwal
Badosa, Jordi
Drobinski, Philippe
Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
As seasonal thermal energy storage emerges as an efficient solution to reduce CO2 emissions of buildings, challenges appear related to its optimal operation. In a system including short-term electricity storage, long-term heat storage, and where electricity and heat networks are connected through a heat pump, it becomes crucial to operate the system on two time scales. Based on real data from a university building, we simulate the operation of such a system over a year, comparing different strategies based on model predictive control (MPC). The first objective of this paper is to determine the minimum prediction horizon to retrieve the results of the full-horizon operation problem with cost minimization. The second objective is to evaluate a method that combines MPC with setting targets on the heat storage level at the end of the prediction horizon, based on historical data. For a prediction horizon of 6 days, the suboptimality gap with the full-horizon results is 4.31%, compared to 11.42% when using a prediction horizon of 42 days and fixing the final level to be equal to the initial level, which is a common approach.
title Optimal Operation of a Building with Electricity-Heat Networks and Seasonal Storage
topic Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.08721