Economic and environmental aspects of the component sizing for a stand-alone building energy system: A case study

Renewable Energy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 438-447

  Fux, Samuel F ^a   Benz, Michael J ^a   Guzzella, Lino ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Global warming potential; Mixed integer linear programming; Model predictive control; Optimal component sizing; Renewable energy sources; Stand alone energy system

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT SIZING; ENERGY SYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; NATURAL RESOURCES; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TOOLS;

PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BUILDING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SIMULATION;

EID: 84873476616     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.12.034     Document Type: Article

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