Economic dispatch of a bioclimatic office building considering thermal energy, electricity and water demands

Abstract

Energy and otherresourcesmanagement in produc-tionsystems is a common topicin recent literatureas many envi-ronmental and economic issues are related to the efficient use of theirdevices. In this sense,conversion and storage models based oninput-outputbalances are helpful todetermine the combination of resources that allow tooperate a plantwith the lowest possible cost. This  paperis  aimed  at analyzingthe optimal  flows  of  re-sourcesthat  would meet  the  demands  of abioclimatic  building,taking  into  accountthe  characteristics  of itsfacilities,  which  in-cludes both photovoltaic modules and solar collectors to produce self-consumption electric and thermal energy.The simulation re-sults for two different days of 2018have been included. They ver-ifythe  validity  of the  proposed model,  which  could be  extended for carrying out analyses on similar buildings, modelled as an en-ergy hub, in order to assess its optimality and proposing manage-ment policies.