A simultaneous optimization of the design and operation of a district heating, cooling and power generation plant supplying a small stock of residential buildings has been undertaken with regards to cost and CO?2 emissions. The simulation of the plant considers a superstructure including a SOFC-GT combined cycle, a compression heat pump, a compression chiller and/or an absorption chiller, and an additional gas boiler. The Pareto-frontier obtained as the global solution of the optimization problem delivers the minimal CO?2 emissions rate achievable with the technology considered for a given accepted investment, or respectively the minimal cost associated with a given emission abatement commitment.
Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Soheyl Massoudi
François Maréchal, Daniel Alexander Florez Orrego, Meire Ellen Gorete Ribeiro Domingos
François Maréchal, Daniel Alexander Florez Orrego, Meire Ellen Gorete Ribeiro Domingos