TY - GEN
T1 - Thermal energy storage to increase solar photovoltaic penetration
AU - Routhier, Alexander F.
AU - Honsberg, Christiana
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper was written with the support of the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technology (QESST) engineering research center funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy via grant EEC-1041895.
Funding Information:
This paper was written with the support of the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technology (QESST) engineering research center funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy via grant EEC- 1041895.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This research focuses on a novel management strategy of a thermal energy storage (TES) system, along with the associated chillers, in order to increase solar photovoltaic (PV) penetration at Arizona State University's (ASU) Tempe campus. By charging the TES while the PV panels are producing power, and monitoring the maximum charging rate of the TES, it enables ASU to increase the amount of solar PV they're utilizing, and decrease their overall carbon footprint, while not sending any energy to the grid. Using this new management method, ASU will be able to increase their current PV generation by a factor of 3.46 and generate 48% of their annual energy needs.
AB - This research focuses on a novel management strategy of a thermal energy storage (TES) system, along with the associated chillers, in order to increase solar photovoltaic (PV) penetration at Arizona State University's (ASU) Tempe campus. By charging the TES while the PV panels are producing power, and monitoring the maximum charging rate of the TES, it enables ASU to increase the amount of solar PV they're utilizing, and decrease their overall carbon footprint, while not sending any energy to the grid. Using this new management method, ASU will be able to increase their current PV generation by a factor of 3.46 and generate 48% of their annual energy needs.
KW - Energy Management
KW - Energy Storage
KW - Renewable Energy Sources
KW - Solar Energy
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U2 - 10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366404
DO - 10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366404
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85048468130
T3 - 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017
SP - 869
EP - 872
BT - 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017
Y2 - 25 June 2017 through 30 June 2017
ER -