Optimization of a diabatic compressed air energy storage coupled with photovoltaics for buildings: CO2-eq emissions vs payback time

The necessary path towards sustainable development makes increasingly crucial the role of energy storage systems because the most affordable renewable energy sources (RES) are typically intermittent In this perspective compressed air energy storage (CAES) is one of the main alternatives to batteries...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Aruta, Fabrizio Ascione, Nicola Bianco, Gerardo Maria Mauro
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-11-01
Series:Energy Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484722018376
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author Giuseppe Aruta
Fabrizio Ascione
Nicola Bianco
Gerardo Maria Mauro
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Gerardo Maria Mauro
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description The necessary path towards sustainable development makes increasingly crucial the role of energy storage systems because the most affordable renewable energy sources (RES) are typically intermittent In this perspective compressed air energy storage (CAES) is one of the main alternatives to batteries and pumped hydro energy storage. This study shows how an integrated system coupling RES and CAES may significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions with acceptable payback times. The electrical load is provided by a representative building sample (RBS) located in Naples (Southern Italy), generated using the simulation-based large-scale uncertainty/sensitivity analysis of building energy performance (SLABE) methodology. A Pareto multi-objective optimization is performed via a brute-force search to minimize CO2-eq emissions and payback time. The design variables refer to a photovoltaic system design and to size and operation of an associated diabatic CAES. Two different application scenarios are envisaged: 1000 buildings and 2000 buildings. The avoided greenhouse gas emissions are about 55% and 51% with simple payback times of 14.3 years and 12.4 years, respectively. The results show that the proposed integrated framework, with the right mix of renewables, may lead to the complete satisfaction of the electrical load at reasonable costs.
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spelling doaj.art-3741fd03c60c418eafb44c3975804b4d2023-02-21T05:13:44ZengElsevierEnergy Reports2352-48472022-11-0181268612698Optimization of a diabatic compressed air energy storage coupled with photovoltaics for buildings: CO2-eq emissions vs payback timeGiuseppe Aruta0Fabrizio Ascione1Nicola Bianco2Gerardo Maria Mauro3Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Department of Industrial Engineering, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, ItalyUniversità degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Department of Industrial Engineering, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy; Corresponding author.Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Department of Industrial Engineering, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, ItalyUniversità degli Studi del Sannio, Department of Engineering, Piazza Roma 21, 82100 Benevento, ItalyThe necessary path towards sustainable development makes increasingly crucial the role of energy storage systems because the most affordable renewable energy sources (RES) are typically intermittent In this perspective compressed air energy storage (CAES) is one of the main alternatives to batteries and pumped hydro energy storage. This study shows how an integrated system coupling RES and CAES may significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions with acceptable payback times. The electrical load is provided by a representative building sample (RBS) located in Naples (Southern Italy), generated using the simulation-based large-scale uncertainty/sensitivity analysis of building energy performance (SLABE) methodology. A Pareto multi-objective optimization is performed via a brute-force search to minimize CO2-eq emissions and payback time. The design variables refer to a photovoltaic system design and to size and operation of an associated diabatic CAES. Two different application scenarios are envisaged: 1000 buildings and 2000 buildings. The avoided greenhouse gas emissions are about 55% and 51% with simple payback times of 14.3 years and 12.4 years, respectively. The results show that the proposed integrated framework, with the right mix of renewables, may lead to the complete satisfaction of the electrical load at reasonable costs.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484722018376Energy storageCompressed air storageRenewable energy sourcesRepresentative building sampleCarbon footprint
spellingShingle Giuseppe Aruta
Fabrizio Ascione
Nicola Bianco
Gerardo Maria Mauro
Optimization of a diabatic compressed air energy storage coupled with photovoltaics for buildings: CO2-eq emissions vs payback time
Energy Reports
Energy storage
Compressed air storage
Renewable energy sources
Representative building sample
Carbon footprint
title Optimization of a diabatic compressed air energy storage coupled with photovoltaics for buildings: CO2-eq emissions vs payback time
title_full Optimization of a diabatic compressed air energy storage coupled with photovoltaics for buildings: CO2-eq emissions vs payback time
title_fullStr Optimization of a diabatic compressed air energy storage coupled with photovoltaics for buildings: CO2-eq emissions vs payback time
title_full_unstemmed Optimization of a diabatic compressed air energy storage coupled with photovoltaics for buildings: CO2-eq emissions vs payback time
title_short Optimization of a diabatic compressed air energy storage coupled with photovoltaics for buildings: CO2-eq emissions vs payback time
title_sort optimization of a diabatic compressed air energy storage coupled with photovoltaics for buildings co2 eq emissions vs payback time
topic Energy storage
Compressed air storage
Renewable energy sources
Representative building sample
Carbon footprint
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484722018376
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