Software strategies for Integrated Community Energy Systems

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5901058

Rabl, V. A.; Calm, J. M.; Roberts, J. J.

Community systems offer energy-conserving alternative methods of meeting the energy service needs of residential, commercial, and other facilities while conserving energy and scarce fuels. This paper discusses the Integrated Community Energy Systems (ICES) approach, explores the need for computerized methods for ICES, and presents a simulation and optimization software series developed or under development for planning and design of such systems. The software addresses the analysis of community loads and energy requirements as well as the supply and distribution subsystems. Since ICES may provide several different energy services simultaneously, the overall energy conservation and economic potentials of the system are critically dependent on the match between the community demand and the supply system performance characteristics. The software has, therefore, been designed not only to simulate the system performance, but also to select optimal equipment capacities and system operation so as to minimize, at the user's choice, either the energy consumption or system costs. The ICES applications place a number of additional requirements on the software, including flexibility, modularity, ease of use, efficiency, and portability.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5901058
• Report Number(s): CONF-790672-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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