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Proceedings of eSim 2004: 3th Conference of IBPSA-Canada

     

STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING RESIDENTIAL COMBINED COOLING, HEATING AND POWER SYSTEMS

Alex Ferguson

Abstract: Cogeneration technologies have received increasing attention in recent years as a viable alternative for meeting the electrical and space heating requirements of residential buildings. If coupled to thermally activated cooling equipment, such as an absorption chiller, the thermal output from the cogeneration system can also be exploited during the summer months. In a combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) plant, the cogeneration system must be operated to simultaneously satisfy the seasonal heating and cooling loads, and year-round electrical and domestic hot water loads. In this study, strategies for meeting simultaneous cooling, heating and electrical loads in a residential building were proposed, and these strategies were implemented a control model compatible with the ESP-r/HOT3000 simulation environment. The behavior of the controller was also assessed by coupling it to a residential CCHP plant comprised of a fuel cell system and a small-scale thermally activated cooling device, and the results of this study are presented in this paper.
Pages: 27 - 34
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esim2004_4