A mathematical programming approach for optimal design of distributed energy systems at the neighbourhood level

Energy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-104

  Mehleri, Eugenia D ^a,b   Sarimveis, Haralambos ^a   Markatos, Nikolaos C ^a   Papageorgiou, Lazaros G ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Energy systems; Heating pipeline network; Mixed integer linear programming; Optimal design; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PIPELINES;

ADDITIONAL EQUATIONS; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER UNITS; DISTRIBUTED ENERGIES; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEATING AND POWER; INVESTMENT COSTS; MICRO-COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NEIGHBOURHOOD; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL SELECTION; OPTIMISATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; POWER GRIDS; SUPER-STRUCTURES; SYSTEM COMPONENTS;

OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PIPELINE;

EID: 84864368216     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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