From consumption to prosumption - Operational cost optimization for refrigeration system with heat waste recovery
Tomasz Minko (Aalborg University)
Jesus Lago (TU Delft - Team Bart De Schutter)
Jan Dimon Bendtsen (Aalborg University)
Rafael Wisniewski (Aalborg University)
Roozbeh Izadi-Zamanabadi (Danfoss A/S)
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Abstract
Implementation of a liquid cooling transforms a refrigeration system into a combined cooling and heating system. Reclaimed heat can be used for building heating purposes or can be sold. Carbon dioxide based refrigeration systems are considered to have a particularly high potential for becoming efficient heat energy producers. In this paper, a CO2 system that operates in the subcritical region is examined. The modelling approach is presented, and used for operation optimisation by way of non-linear model predictive control techniques. Assuming that the heat is sold, it turns out that the system has negative operational cost. Depending on the choice of objective function daily revenue varies from about 7.9 [eur] to 11.9 [eur].