Energy equipment sizing and operation optimisation for prosumer industrial SMEs – A lifetime approach

The market is searching for solutions to reduce emissions in the energy sector by increasing the consumer efficiency and flexibility and integrating renewable sources. Prosumers are suited to this role and are increasingly considered crucial to any such solution. Small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs)...

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Autores: Urbano González, Eva María|||0000-0002-1486-4964, Martínez Viol, Víctor|||0000-0003-2916-8395, Kampouropoulos, Konstantinos|||0000-0002-1466-6394, Romeral Martínez, José Luis|||0000-0001-8112-8038
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/359958
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117329
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Energy development
Renewable energy sources
Energy transition
prosumers
renewable energy sources.
optimal sizing
industrial sector
Energia -- Desenvolupament
Energies renovables
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies
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spelling Energy equipment sizing and operation optimisation for prosumer industrial SMEs – A lifetime approachUrbano González, Eva María|||0000-0002-1486-4964Martínez Viol, Víctor|||0000-0003-2916-8395Kampouropoulos, Konstantinos|||0000-0002-1466-6394Romeral Martínez, José Luis|||0000-0001-8112-8038Energy developmentRenewable energy sourcesEnergy transitionprosumersrenewable energy sources.optimal sizingindustrial sectorEnergia -- DesenvolupamentEnergies renovablesÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::EnergiesThe market is searching for solutions to reduce emissions in the energy sector by increasing the consumer efficiency and flexibility and integrating renewable sources. Prosumers are suited to this role and are increasingly considered crucial to any such solution. Small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) that need to upgrade their energy infrastructure, due to equipment obsolescence or external pressures to adopt greener echnologies, face difficulties in integrating new energy management strategies given the investment required and the payback periods. Industrial SMEs traditionally seek to make on-off investments with fast returns, exploiting the obtained equipment for its whole lifetime. Therefore, this paper presents a novel methodology to determine the optimal sizing and operation of the energy infrastructure for an industrial SME transitioning to a prosumer model to improve its economic perspectives, considering the exploitation of the infrastructure for its complete lifetime. The energy and economic profiles of SMEs are analysed and their energy infrastructure modelled in order to define the sizing and operation optimisation problem. Operation of the equipment is optimised considering weekly cycles along multiple years, obtaining the net present value of the investment. The proposed methodology, which employs direct search and linear programming techniques, enable industrial SMEs to undertake informed energy investment actions. A real manufacturing plant is described, characterized and used as the basis for a case study. The results show the economic feasibility of installing new energy equipment in SMEs, obtaining payback periods less than five years and final investment value of more than ten times the initial expense.Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::7 - Energia Assequible i No ContaminantObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::9 - Indústria, Innovació i Infraestructura20212021-07-0220222022-01-19journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/359958https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117329reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3599582026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Energy equipment sizing and operation optimisation for prosumer industrial SMEs – A lifetime approach
title Energy equipment sizing and operation optimisation for prosumer industrial SMEs – A lifetime approach
spellingShingle Energy equipment sizing and operation optimisation for prosumer industrial SMEs – A lifetime approach
Urbano González, Eva María|||0000-0002-1486-4964
Energy development
Renewable energy sources
Energy transition
prosumers
renewable energy sources.
optimal sizing
industrial sector
Energia -- Desenvolupament
Energies renovables
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies
title_short Energy equipment sizing and operation optimisation for prosumer industrial SMEs – A lifetime approach
title_full Energy equipment sizing and operation optimisation for prosumer industrial SMEs – A lifetime approach
title_fullStr Energy equipment sizing and operation optimisation for prosumer industrial SMEs – A lifetime approach
title_full_unstemmed Energy equipment sizing and operation optimisation for prosumer industrial SMEs – A lifetime approach
title_sort Energy equipment sizing and operation optimisation for prosumer industrial SMEs – A lifetime approach
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Urbano González, Eva María|||0000-0002-1486-4964
Martínez Viol, Víctor|||0000-0003-2916-8395
Kampouropoulos, Konstantinos|||0000-0002-1466-6394
Romeral Martínez, José Luis|||0000-0001-8112-8038
author Urbano González, Eva María|||0000-0002-1486-4964
author_facet Urbano González, Eva María|||0000-0002-1486-4964
Martínez Viol, Víctor|||0000-0003-2916-8395
Kampouropoulos, Konstantinos|||0000-0002-1466-6394
Romeral Martínez, José Luis|||0000-0001-8112-8038
author_role author
author2 Martínez Viol, Víctor|||0000-0003-2916-8395
Kampouropoulos, Konstantinos|||0000-0002-1466-6394
Romeral Martínez, José Luis|||0000-0001-8112-8038
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Energy development
Renewable energy sources
Energy transition
prosumers
renewable energy sources.
optimal sizing
industrial sector
Energia -- Desenvolupament
Energies renovables
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies
topic Energy development
Renewable energy sources
Energy transition
prosumers
renewable energy sources.
optimal sizing
industrial sector
Energia -- Desenvolupament
Energies renovables
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies
description The market is searching for solutions to reduce emissions in the energy sector by increasing the consumer efficiency and flexibility and integrating renewable sources. Prosumers are suited to this role and are increasingly considered crucial to any such solution. Small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) that need to upgrade their energy infrastructure, due to equipment obsolescence or external pressures to adopt greener echnologies, face difficulties in integrating new energy management strategies given the investment required and the payback periods. Industrial SMEs traditionally seek to make on-off investments with fast returns, exploiting the obtained equipment for its whole lifetime. Therefore, this paper presents a novel methodology to determine the optimal sizing and operation of the energy infrastructure for an industrial SME transitioning to a prosumer model to improve its economic perspectives, considering the exploitation of the infrastructure for its complete lifetime. The energy and economic profiles of SMEs are analysed and their energy infrastructure modelled in order to define the sizing and operation optimisation problem. Operation of the equipment is optimised considering weekly cycles along multiple years, obtaining the net present value of the investment. The proposed methodology, which employs direct search and linear programming techniques, enable industrial SMEs to undertake informed energy investment actions. A real manufacturing plant is described, characterized and used as the basis for a case study. The results show the economic feasibility of installing new energy equipment in SMEs, obtaining payback periods less than five years and final investment value of more than ten times the initial expense.
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