Modelling and evaluation of multi-vector energy networks in smart cities
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Author(s)
O'Dwyer, Edward
Pan, Indranil
Acha Izquierdo, Salvador
Gibbons, Shaun
Shah, Nilay
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Energy demand growth and the rapid rate of technological changein an urban contextare already having an impact on our energy systems. Considering global ambitions to reduce carbon emissions and minimise the rate and impacts of climate change, this demand will need to be met with energy from low carbon sources. Increased electrification of heat and transport networks is anticipated, however, the cross-sectoral impacts of different interventions in these systems must be better understood to prevent gains in one system leadingto losses in another while ensuring financial benefits for producers and consumers. As such, evaluating the impacts of specific interventions can be a challenge, with analyses typically focussed on individual systems. In this paper, asimulation environment is developed to capture the behaviour of interconnected heat, power and transport networks in an urban environment to act as a ‘digital twin’ for the energy systems of a district or city. The modelling environment illustrated here is based on the smart city interventions in Greenwich (London), with model validation carried out using real data measurements. Building retrofit and heat electrification interventions are demonstrated in terms of costs, energy consumption and CO2 emissions, considering constraints on power and thermal systems.
Date Issued
2019-07-05
Date Acceptance
2019-04-04
Citation
Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction, 2019
ISBN
978-0-7277-6466-9
Publisher
ICE Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction
Copyright Statement
© 2019 ICE Publishing. Published with permission by the ICE under the CC-BY license. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Imperial College London
Grant Number
691895
Imperial College Research Fellowship
Source
International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction 2019
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2019-07-08
Finish Date
2019-07-10
Coverage Spatial
Churchill College, Cambridge