Optimal design and operation of solar-based cooling, heating, and power generation systems for industrial processes
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The development of a systematic procedure for energy conservation and the design of trigeneration systems (combined cooling, heating, and power "CCHP") while incorporating solar energy in industrial applications is presented. The method is sequenced into interacting steps, i.e., heat integration is carried out to minimize industrial heating and cooling utilities and solar energy is considered used in supplying an appropriate portion of the needed utilities. A multi-period model is developed to account for the dynamic fluctuation of the solar energy. An optimization approach is adopted to determine the optimal profile of the solar energy to be supplied to the process, the system specifications, and the scheduling of the system operation. A case study demonstrating the effectiveness and applicability of the devised procedure is presented. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 2010 Spring National Meeting (San Antonio, TX 3/21-25/2010).
