Projects
Compressed Heat Energy Storage for Energy from Renewable sources Ghent University
The main objective of the CHESTER project is the development and validation of an innovative system that allows for energy management, storage and dispatchable supply of many different RES by combining the electricity sector with the heat sector. This is done by combining an innovative power-to-heat-to-power energy storage system, the so called CHEST (Compressed Heat Energy Storage) system with Smart District Heating thus leading to a very ...
Smart Thermal Grids. University of Antwerp
Heat Pumps in integrated energy systems under demand side management strategies KU Leuven
Energy Positive Districts - Identifying technically-feasible and effective solutions towards decarbonization under existing boundary conditions KU Leuven
Optimal buildings towards intelligent energy networks. KU Leuven
Implementing heat pumps as an energy efficient method to provide heat and rooftop photovoltaic installations as a source of renewable energy has a possible impact on the distribution, transmission, billing and trading of electricity. Evaluating this electrification of building energy services from a building perspective as such unwittingly externalizes costs. Excluding these effects underestimates the overall societal cost of possible ...
Integrated Optimal Design and Control of Low-Carbon Multi-Energy-Vector Districts, Including Difficult-To-Decarbonize Parts KU Leuven
To limit the effects of climate change, the energy system is changing drastically. Within the EU the aim is to reach net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050, which requires a move away from fossil fuels, a significant increase in the use of residual and renewable energy sources (R2ES), and increased electrification. Moreover, large potential is seen in an increasing interaction between energy vectors (electricity, heat, fuels/gasses). Therefore, this ...
Stochastic control of stacked flexibility in district-level multi-energy systems (MES) KU Leuven
The building sector accounts for a staggering total of 30% of the global energy-related emissions. To meet national and European climate objectives, buildings are currently being decarbonized by the integration of decentralized renewables and storage, turning them into multi-energy systems (MES). However, at present, control systems for buildings are often local and unable to handle uncertainty in the operation of on-site distributed energy ...
Climate Resilient Neighbourhood Typologies in Hot-Humid Climate - Case Study of Ha Tinh, Viet Nam KU Leuven
Severe heat stress has been already chronic in many Vietnamese cities, especially the ones located in Central region where extreme hot summer is present annually. As one of the most vulnerable part of this region, Ha Tinh city, the provincial capital of Ha Tinh, experiences frequent disasters including heat waves that will be intensified and prolonged as a result of climate change, causing more discomfort, sickness and even mortality.
...Optimal design of flexible heat networks KU Leuven
Heat networks are considered as one of the core technologies to enable renewable space heating, and to overcome the current reliance on gas and oil. Using thermal storage, they offer a cost-effective way to provide flexibility for electrical grids that become more and more subject to the intermittency of renewables like wind and PV. In addition, next-generation heat networks incorporate high shares of renewable heat sources or heat deposited ...