From consumption to prosumption - Operational cost optimization for refrigeration system with heat waste recovery

Conference paper (2017)

Authors

Tomasz Minko Aalborg University
Jan Dimon Bendtsen Aalborg University
Rafael Wisniewski Aalborg University
Copyright: © 2017 Tomasz Minko, Jesus Lago, Jan Dimon Bendtsen, Rafael Wisniewski, Roozbeh Izadi-Zamanabadi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1614
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2017

Language

English

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Abstract

Implementation of a liquid cooling transforms a refrigeration system into a combined cooling and heating system. Reclaimed heat can be used for building heating purposes or can be sold. Carbon dioxide based refrigeration systems are considered to have a particularly high potential for becoming efficient heat energy producers. In this paper, a CO2 system that operates in the subcritical region is examined. The modelling approach is presented, and used for operation optimisation by way of non-linear model predictive control techniques. Assuming that the heat is sold, it turns out that the system has negative operational cost. Depending on the choice of objective function daily revenue varies from about 7.9 [eur] to 11.9 [eur].