Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology Selection
<div><p>With the increasing need for cooling and the concerns for pollution due to fossil fuel-based energy use, renewable energy is considered an add-on to cooling technologies. The climatic condition in the Middle East, analyzed in this paper, provides the potential to integrate solar...
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| author | Rabah Ismaen (18387189) |
| author2 | Tarek Y. ElMekkawy (18278680) Shaligram Pokharel (17151112) Adel Elomri (8984063) Mohammed Al-Salem (18060883) |
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| author_facet | Rabah Ismaen (18387189) Tarek Y. ElMekkawy (18278680) Shaligram Pokharel (17151112) Adel Elomri (8984063) Mohammed Al-Salem (18060883) |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Rabah Ismaen (18387189) Tarek Y. ElMekkawy (18278680) Shaligram Pokharel (17151112) Adel Elomri (8984063) Mohammed Al-Salem (18060883) |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2022-04-05T03:00:00Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 10.3390/en15072657 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Engineering Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics Electrical engineering Electronics, sensors and digital hardware solar energy photovoltaic thermal photovoltaic-thermal district cooling system solar energy integration mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) optimal design and operation |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology Selection |
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| description | <div><p>With the increasing need for cooling and the concerns for pollution due to fossil fuel-based energy use, renewable energy is considered an add-on to cooling technologies. The climatic condition in the Middle East, analyzed in this paper, provides the potential to integrate solar energy with the cooling system. Due to the availability of various solar energy and cooling technologies, multiple configurations of solar-cooling systems can be considered to satisfy the cooling demand. The research presented in this paper aims to assess and compare these configurations by considering the energy prices and the installation area. The proposed model is formulated in Mixed-Integer Linear Programming and optimizes the holistic system design and operation. The economic, renewable energy use, and environmental performances of the optimal solution for each configuration are analyzed and compared to the base grid-DCS configuration. Results show that the electricity tariff and the available installation area impact the economic competitiveness of the solar energy integration. When electricity tariff is subsided (low), the conventional grid-based DCS is the most competitive. The PV-DCS configuration is economically competitive among the solar assisted cooling systems, and it can contribute to reducing the environmental impact by 58.3%. The PVT-DCS configuration has the lowest operation cost and the highest environmental performance by decreasing the global warming potential by 89.5%. The T-DCS configuration becomes economically competitive only at high electricity tariffs.</p><p> </p></div><h2>Other Information</h2> <p> Published in: Energies<br> License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15072657" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15072657</a></p> |
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| spelling | Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology SelectionRabah Ismaen (18387189)Tarek Y. ElMekkawy (18278680)Shaligram Pokharel (17151112)Adel Elomri (8984063)Mohammed Al-Salem (18060883)EngineeringControl engineering, mechatronics and roboticsElectrical engineeringElectronics, sensors and digital hardwaresolar energyphotovoltaicthermalphotovoltaic-thermaldistrict cooling systemsolar energy integrationmixed-integer linear programming (MILP)optimal design and operation<div><p>With the increasing need for cooling and the concerns for pollution due to fossil fuel-based energy use, renewable energy is considered an add-on to cooling technologies. The climatic condition in the Middle East, analyzed in this paper, provides the potential to integrate solar energy with the cooling system. Due to the availability of various solar energy and cooling technologies, multiple configurations of solar-cooling systems can be considered to satisfy the cooling demand. The research presented in this paper aims to assess and compare these configurations by considering the energy prices and the installation area. The proposed model is formulated in Mixed-Integer Linear Programming and optimizes the holistic system design and operation. The economic, renewable energy use, and environmental performances of the optimal solution for each configuration are analyzed and compared to the base grid-DCS configuration. Results show that the electricity tariff and the available installation area impact the economic competitiveness of the solar energy integration. When electricity tariff is subsided (low), the conventional grid-based DCS is the most competitive. The PV-DCS configuration is economically competitive among the solar assisted cooling systems, and it can contribute to reducing the environmental impact by 58.3%. The PVT-DCS configuration has the lowest operation cost and the highest environmental performance by decreasing the global warming potential by 89.5%. The T-DCS configuration becomes economically competitive only at high electricity tariffs.</p><p> </p></div><h2>Other Information</h2> <p> Published in: Energies<br> License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15072657" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15072657</a></p>2022-04-05T03:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.3390/en15072657https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Solar_Technology_and_District_Cooling_System_in_a_Hot_Climate_Regions_Optimal_Configuration_and_Technology_Selection/25611669CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/256116692022-04-05T03:00:00Z |
| spellingShingle | Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology Selection Rabah Ismaen (18387189) Engineering Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics Electrical engineering Electronics, sensors and digital hardware solar energy photovoltaic thermal photovoltaic-thermal district cooling system solar energy integration mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) optimal design and operation |
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| title | Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology Selection |
| title_full | Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology Selection |
| title_fullStr | Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology Selection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology Selection |
| title_short | Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology Selection |
| title_sort | Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology Selection |
| topic | Engineering Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics Electrical engineering Electronics, sensors and digital hardware solar energy photovoltaic thermal photovoltaic-thermal district cooling system solar energy integration mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) optimal design and operation |