Optimal Design of Trigeneration and District Energy in the Presence of Energy Storage

Abstract

The   paper   is   aimed   at   exploring   the opportunities   given   by   the   exploitation   of   different technologies  for  energy  storage  in  the  development  of  a trigeneration   (trigen)   and   district   energy   project.   In particular,  the  paper  will  be  devoted  to  find  the  best cooling  energy  storage  solution  for  the  on-going San Paolo  Power  Park project  in  the  City  of  Bari,  Italy.  The Power  Park  is  a  project  that  aims  at  producing  energy and    energy    services    through    an    optimal    mix    of renewables,  CHP/DHC,  hydrogen  and  other  forms  of energy.  The  energy  produced  in  the  central  plant  will  be distributed in a suburban degraded area devoted to social housing,  but  also  close  to  some  significant  energy  users (airport,    hospital    and    other    major    facilities).    The optimization  problem  is  solved  by  means  of  a  two-step multiperiod algorithm. Test results are presented.