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Optimal Coupling of Demand Patterns for Improving the Performance of CHP Systems

Abstract:

This work addresses the impact of the readjustment of energy demand patterns for the end user on the economic and environmental performance of combined heat and power systems (CHP). In this work is presented a multi-objective analysis, which shows that readjustments in demand patterns provide significant flexibility to synchronize the demands with the operation of the CHP system and this way minimizing the water consumption, emissions and cost. As consequence of the readjustment, the levels of dissatisfaction of the end users take a significant importance. To address this issue we use a multi-stakeholder framework that considers the priorities of the end users. The proposed method can be used to inform the utility users about the impact of their priorities and the demand behaviour on the CHP performance.