Flexible biogas chain simulator

Organic wastes like cooking-waste, farm-waste and manure have detrimental effect on the environment, health and hygiene of people. Within India there are possibilities to manage the available biomass in an efficient way, which can bring environmental, health and economic benefits. Through anaerobic digestion, biomass can be converted into biogas and digestate, which can be used as renewable energy source and fertilizer respectively. However, there is a lack of knowledge on how to use the available biomass and, thus, its products in a beneficial way. This leads to the main question: How to fit biogas production within the existing energy infrastructure of India? Our approach involves modelling biogas chains from production to consumption and then analyse several different options. Within the Flexigas project a flexible BioGas simulator is being created, which is capable of simulating biogas production and consumption process. The simulator takes into account the location and availability of biomass, different biomass and biogas transport, anaerobic digesters, biogas upgraders and various cost involved in the biogas production process. A multi-touch User Interface is used for simulation control and result visualization. Results from the simulator shows how feasible it is to set up the biogas chains, its advantages and increases knowledge on effective biomass use

Flexible biogas chain simulator

Organic wastes like cooking-waste, farm-waste and manure have detrimental effect on the environment, health and hygiene of people. Within India there are possibilities to manage the available biomass in an efficient way, which can bring environmental, health and economic benefits. Through anaerobic digestion, biomass can be converted into biogas and digestate, which can be used as renewable energy source and fertilizer respectively. However, there is a lack of knowledge on how to use the available biomass and, thus, its products in a beneficial way. This leads to the main question: How to fit biogas production within the existing energy infrastructure of India? Our approach involves modelling biogas chains from production to consumption and then analyse several different options. Within the Flexigas project a flexible BioGas simulator is being created, which is capable of simulating biogas production and consumption process. The simulator takes into account the location and availability of biomass, different biomass and biogas transport, anaerobic digesters, biogas upgraders and various cost involved in the biogas production process. A multi-touch User Interface is used for simulation control and result visualization. Results from the simulator shows how feasible it is to set up the biogas chains, its advantages and increases knowledge on effective biomass use

Unlocking residential Energy Flexibility on a large scale through a newly standardized interface

Energy Flexibility is the ability of smart devices to deviate from their normal energy producing or consuming behaviour, while still fulfilling their intended purpose, with the goal of contributing to the operation of the energy system. Energy Flexibility has the potential to counteract the mismatch between production and consumption of energy as well as solving congestion problems in the grid therefore increasing the resilience of the energy system. There are many systems for utilizing and coordinating Energy Flexibility, varying in complexity, used incentives and technology. In this article, the Energy Flexibility Interface (EFI) is proposed. This interface, positioned between device and Energy Flexibility utilization system, provides a generic language for Energy Flexibility. The interface allows any device providing Energy Flexibility to work with any Energy Flexibility utilization system. Hence, Energy Flexibility can be utilized on a large scale while reducing implementation efforts and creating a level playing field for both devices and Energy Flexibility utilization systems. EFI is demonstrated in a dozen pilot projects and forms the basis of a European prestandard

On integrating device level schedules into market based control

To deal with challenges introduced by the adaption of distributed energy resources, Demand Side Management methodologies are being developed to ensure the availability and reliability of our electricity supply in the future. The Power-Matcher and TRIANA are two examples of such management methodologies. As the strengths of the approaches complement each other, the two approaches are combined in this research by developing a novel bidding strategy. This strategy is unique in the sense that it incorporates a device specific planning when the device bidding function is determined. Simulations show that the combination is capable of following a planning while performing real-time balancing to deal with prediction errors. It is shown that following a planning mitigates the effect of exploiting flexibility on undesired periods. In the use-case simulations, this results in a peak reduction of around 25%