Joint Energy and Water Management aims at developing a multi-spatial/temporal model that couples the energy systems (i.e., electrical, transportation, heating, and cooling) amongst themselves and the water systems. This model will rely on an efficient and stable renewable energy resource (RES) production optimization and management.
Emphasis will be on the grid integration of RES and the development of an accurate and reliable RES forecasting tool at various timescales. The resulting model will be validated at: a datacenter at the EPFL (see description under WP3) and a real-life demo site in Aigle (VD).
This demo site is representative of a typical Swiss mixed rural/urban area hosting sizable stochastic renewable generation with peak power higher than the local demand. The demonstrator accommodates a total photovoltaic power generation of 3.2 MWp and 4 hydropower plants. The power demand reaches 4.3 MW in winter and 2.9 MW in summer. The demonstrator also hosts a 1.5MW / 2.5 MWh battery energy storage system and a controllable fast EV charging station.
Joint Energy and Water Management tasks include:
- Develop a detailed multi-spatial/temporal model for integrating renewable energy hubs as elements of coupled energy systems in Switzerland and beyond.
- Develop tools for accurate and reliable forecasting of stochastic power generation and consumption, and the corresponding sustainability impacts at various time scales (i.e., seasonal, monthly, daily and quasi real-time).
- Generate a joint predictive model for clean water and energy use, based on advanced monitoring techniques, deep and self-learning, and prospective simulation to set science-based targets for energy transition and efficient clean water collection, treatment and use.
- Produce operation-aware planning of coupled energy/transportation and clean water systems based on techno-economic aspects, and sustainability targets.
- Validation of the developed model at the demo sites in Aigle (VD) and in Lausanne (VD) and at a datacenter at the EPFL.
Research Partners
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David Atienza
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Turhan Demiray
Research Center for Energy Networks
Long-term planning of urban/rural multi-energy infrastructure
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Patrik Hoffmann
Research Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing
Monitoring of water consumption and quality
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François Maréchal
Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering
Multi-energy systems
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Mario Paolone
Distributed Electrical Systems Laboratory
Control-aware planning of urban/rural power distribution grids
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Fernando Porté-Agel
Industrial Partners
Publications
UrbanTwin: Development of a Local Energy Strategy and Grid Infrastructure 2050 | |||
Pål Forr Austnes, Riccardo Saporiti, Catarina G. Braz, Bingqian Liu, Luc Girardin, Mario Paolone, Fabio Nobile, François Maréchal, Max Chevron | |||
2024-07-02 | 7th European GRID SERVICE MARKET Symposium, 1-2 July 2024, KKL Lucerne Switzerland | ||
Decomposition method to evaluate district heating/cooling network potential at urban scale | |||
Gouveia Braz, Ana Catarina; Briguet, Raphael; Girardin, Luc; Liu, Bingqian; Maréchal, François | |||
2024-06-01 | Book of Abstract of the 34th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering / 15th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (ESCAPE34/PSE24), June 2-6, 2024, Florence, Italy |