TY - GEN
T1 - Matching AC loads to solar peak production using thermal energy storage in building cooling systems - A case study at Arizona State University
AU - Vulic, Natasa
AU - Patil, Malvika
AU - Zou, Yongjie
AU - Amilineni, Sri Harsha
AU - Honsberg, Christiana
AU - Goodnick, Stephen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/10/15
Y1 - 2014/10/15
N2 - This paper proposes the possibility of scaling up solar generation while shifting cooling load to the daytime. The focus is on buildings equipped with a water tank used to actively store cold water produced by a series of chillers. Water has the flexibility to be chilled and stored for later use. To lower the load demand during the peak hours of the day, the cooling loads are commonly shifted to the night hours through thermal storage. The present work studies the possibility of using solar power to meet the cooling demand by taking advantage of the fact that solar generation closely precedes the peak cooling demand. Also, in cases where solar capacity is scaled up, chiller storage tanks can store excess solar power generated, thus stabilizing the grid.
AB - This paper proposes the possibility of scaling up solar generation while shifting cooling load to the daytime. The focus is on buildings equipped with a water tank used to actively store cold water produced by a series of chillers. Water has the flexibility to be chilled and stored for later use. To lower the load demand during the peak hours of the day, the cooling loads are commonly shifted to the night hours through thermal storage. The present work studies the possibility of using solar power to meet the cooling demand by taking advantage of the fact that solar generation closely precedes the peak cooling demand. Also, in cases where solar capacity is scaled up, chiller storage tanks can store excess solar power generated, thus stabilizing the grid.
KW - Chilled water storage
KW - load matching
KW - solar generation
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U2 - 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925200
DO - 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925200
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84912104634
T3 - 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
SP - 1504
EP - 1509
BT - 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Y2 - 8 June 2014 through 13 June 2014
ER -