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

Abstract

Energy and other resources management in production systems is a common topic in recent literature as many environmental and economic issues are related to the efficient use of their devices. In this sense, conversion and storage models based on input-output balances are helpful to determine the combination of resources that allow to operate a plant with the lowest possible cost. This paper is aimed at analyzing the optimal flows of resources that would meet the demands of a bioclimatic building, taking into account the characteristics of its facilities, which includes both photovoltaic modules and solar collectors to produce self-consumption electric and thermal energy. The simulation results for two different days of 2018 have been included. They verify the validity of the proposed model, which could be extended for carrying out analyses on similar buildings, modelled as an energy hub, in order to assess its optimality and proposing management policies.