Project

Development of simulator for home battery + extension of simulator to calculate payback time for home battery with electric heating and electric vehicle

Code
174M09121
Duration
01 May 2021 → 31 December 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Modelling not elsewhere classified
    • Other electrical and electronic engineering not elsewhere classified
Keywords
decentralised storage home storage system self consumption peak shaving
 
Project description

Development of a calculation model in which, by entering a limited number of data, a calculation of the dimensioning of a home battery is carried out as realistically as possible, whether or not taking into account the presence of a PV system.

Approach:

- Modelling of a load profile, taking into account the presence and number of occupants

- Calculation of the output of a PV installation, taking into account direction and orientation.

- Calculation of an optimal battery system in function of higher calculated parameters and in function of the applicable energy bill.

- Add heavy consumers (e.g. electric boilers) with estimated consumption pattern (e.g. number of inhabitants).

- Making up basic profile of heat demand (simply based on # of degree days) and type

- To draw up a consumption profile of an electric vehicle for the type of charger (only type Granny charger and wall box 7kW and 11kW)

- Drawing up consumption patterns based on number of km/year, autonomy (i.e. number of charges per year), when and how to charge (night-time/WE type of charger)

- Integrate both models into existing calculation tool

- Add flexibility to the calculation tool to take into account the impact of controlling WP and heavy consumption (or not) (analogous to limiting peaks in the proposed tool)