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Liu, Xiaohan (author), Shang, Wen Long (author), Correia, Gonçalo (author), Liu, Zhengke (author), Ma, Xiaolei (author)Battery capacity degradation in battery electric buses (BEBs) poses a significant operational challenge for transit agencies. This study presents a sustainable battery scheduling and echelon utilization framework considering battery capacity fading and charging infrastructure integrated with solar photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage systems....journal article 2023
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Dave, K (author), Gangoli Rao, A. (author)The power sector accounts for ∼40% of global energy-related CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Its decarbonization by switching to low-carbon renewables is essential for a sustainable future. Existing electrical grids, however, have limited capacity to absorb the variability introduced by these new energy sources and rely largely on natural-gas-based...journal article 2023
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Lizana, Ricardo (author), Rivera, Sebastian (author), Figueroa, Fidel (author), Flores-Bahamonde, Freddy (author), Rodriguez, Jose (author), Goetz, Stefan M. (author)Energy storage systems (ESSs) allow improving the stability and efficiency of the electrical grids with a high penetration of renewable energy sources. Moreover, the use of Hybrid ESSs (HESSs) enables storage solutions with both high-energy and high-power densities, by combining different storage technologies such as diverse battery...journal article 2023
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Malamaki, Kyriaki-Nefeli D. (author), Fu, A. (author), Mauricio, Juan Manuel (author), Cvetkovic, M. (author), Demoulias, Charis S. (author)As the penetration of Converter-Interfaced Dis-tributed Renewable Energy Sources (CI-DRES) increases, several problems are revealed in electric power systems, e.g., power quality issues, reverse power flows and frequency instability. A solution to tackle these issues is the mitigation of high CI-DRES active power ramp-rates (RRs) by utilizing...conference paper 2023
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Moradi Sepahvand, M. (author), Tindemans, Simon H. (author)The growing penetration of renewable energy sources (RESs) is inevitable to reach net zero emissions. In this regard, optimal planning and operation of power systems are becoming more critical due to the need for modeling the short-term variability of RES output power and load demand. Considering hourly time steps of one or more years to model...conference paper 2023
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Tavakoli, Ali (author), Hashemi, Javad (author), Najafian, Mahyar (author), Ebrahimi, Amin (author)Solid-liquid phase transformation of a phase change material in a rectangular enclosure with corrugated fins is studied. Employing a physics-based model, the influence of fin length, thickness, and wave amplitude on the thermal and fluid flow fields is explored. Incorporating fins into thermal energy storage systems enhances the heat transfer...journal article 2023
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Guan, H. (author), Wu, Y. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Bauer, P. (author)The electric vehicle (EV) market is expanding rapidly. However, the main barriers to EV adoption are high vehicle costs, range issues, and charging infrastructure. Meanwhile, energy storage systems (ESS) appear as a promising solution to preventing grid overload during charging and reducing infrastructure costs. In this paper, the integration of...conference paper 2023
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Gkavanoudis, Spyros I. (author), Malamaki, Kyriaki Nefeli D. (author), Kontis, Eleftherios O. (author), Demoulias, Charis S. (author), Shekhar, A. (author), Mushtaq, U. (author), Venu, Sagar Bandi (author)The variability of the output power of distributed renewable energy sources (DRESs) that originate from the fast-changing climatic conditions can negatively affect the grid stability. Therefore, grid operators have incorporated ramp-rate limitations (RRLs) for the injected DRES power in the grid codes. As the DRES penetration levels increase,...journal article 2023
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van der Heijden, T.J.T. (author), Palensky, P. (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author), Abraham, E. (author)In this manuscript, we test the operational performance decrease of a probabilistic framework for Demand Response (DR). We use Day Ahead Market (DAM) price scenarios generated by a Combined Quantile Regression Deep Neural Network (CQR-DNN) and a Non-parametric Bayesian Network (NPBN) to maximise profit of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)...conference paper 2023
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Li, L. (author), Lukszo, Z. (author), Schmitz, J.E.J. (author)Hydrogen is becoming increasingly popular as a clean, secure, and affordable energy source for the future. This study develops an approach for designing a PV–battery–electrolyzer–fuel cell energy system that utilizes hydrogen as a long-term storage medium and battery as a short-term storage medium. The system is designed to supply load demand...journal article 2023
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Auguadra, Marco (author), Ribo-Perez, D.G. (author), Gómez-Navarro, Tomás (author)The intermittent nature of the renewable energy sources with the greater potential, wind and solar, requires dealing with temporary mismatches between demand and supply. The object of this study is to assess the Spanish energy plan from a system perspective regarding the energy storage requirements to meet electricity demand with high...journal article 2023
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Slaifstein, D.A. (author), Alpizar Castillo, J.J. (author), Menendez Agudin, A. (author), Ramirez Elizondo, L.M. (author), Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Bauer, P. (author)In the context of building electrification the operation of distributed energy resources integrating multiple energy carriers poses a significant challenge. Such an operation calls for an energy management system that decides the set-points of the primary control layer in the best way possible. This is done by fulfilling user requirements,...conference paper 2023
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Dai, Hanqing (author), Dai, Wenqing (author), Chen, Yuanyuan (author), Yan, Yukun (author), Zuo, Guangzheng (author), Hu, Zhe (author), Wei, Jinxin (author), Zhou, Wenjie (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Sulfide minerals hold significant importance in both fundamental science and industrial advancement. However, certain natural sulfide minerals, such as NaFe<sub>3</sub>S<sub>5</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O (NFS), pose great challenges for exploitation and synthesis due to their high susceptibility to oxidation. To date, no successful precedent exists...journal article 2023
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Wu, Jingxuan (author), Li, Shuting (author), Gui, Yonghao (author), Cvetkovic, M. (author), Vasquez, Juan C. (author), Guerrero, Josep M. (author)A fuzzy logic based online energy management system (FLEMS) is designed in this paper to achieve the optimal electricity cost in a residential Microgrid (MG). The proposed FLEMS is combined by a local energy price model (LEPM) and a fuzzy-logic strategy. The LEPM will preprocess the sampling data to estimate the electricity market and local MG...conference paper 2023
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Kouwerberg, Sang Jae (author), Alpizar Castillo, J.J. (author), Ramirez Elizondo, L.M. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Batteries are one of the main tools to provide the flexibility distribution and transmission systems need due to their increasing dependence on weather conditions. However, environmental and economic factors pose a significant problem. New types of batteries that do not rely on rare earth metals and organic solvents but instead use water and...conference paper 2023
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Guo, Junfei (author), Li, Ze (author), Wei, Pan (author), Li, Ling (author), Yang, Xiaohu (author), He, Ya Ling (author), Hooman, K. (author)The integration of phase change materials (PCMs) and metal foam has been widely concerned recently. To decrease non-uniformity of uniform metal foam-PCMs, adaptive metal foam arrangement strategy with increasing porosity from inside to outside has attracted widespread attention. This work conducted a symmetric simulation model of vertical...journal article 2023
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Ramesh Kumar, K. (author), Tasinafo Honório, H. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)Successful transition to renewable energy supply depends on the development of cost-effective large-scale energy storage technologies. Renewable energy can be converted to (or produced directly in the form of) green gases, such as hydrogen. Subsurface formations offer feasible solutions to store large-scale compressed hydrogen. These...conference paper 2023
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Evans, Michael (author), Tindemans, Simon H. (author), Angeli, David (author)This paper proposes a framework for the procurement of flexibility reserve from aggregated storage fleets. It allows for arbitrary tree structures of aggregation hierarchy, as well as easily implementable disaggregation via broadcast dispatch. By coupling discharge and recovery modes, the proposed framework enables full-cycle capacity to be...journal article 2022
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Wei, L. (author)<b>Chapter 1</b> is the introduction, which presents thestate of the art in synthesis and application of these, in fact, bi-functionalmaterials for sorption enhanced CO<sub>2</sub> methanation.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:12.5pt"> In <b>Chapter 2</b>, zeolite 13X and 5A supported...doctoral thesis 2022
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Ramos-Escudero, A. (author), Bloemendal, Martin (author)Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) Systems is a technology to sustainably and economically provide space heating and cooling. However, it cannot be applied everywhere because successful application depends on the presence of a suitable aquifer and favorable climatic conditions. Despite some operational ATES systems, the Spanish ATES market...journal article 2022