1. Introducere
This paper presents the main results
obtained by the Icpe team involved in the
European Project Ro0054/2009, entitled:
Integrated
microCCHP-Stirling
Engine
based on renewable energy sources, for the
isolated residential consumers from SouthEast region of Romania.
The purpose of this Project was to
develop and design a methodology
dedicated to a trigeneration mCCHP-SE
system (micro Combined Cooling, Heating
and Power generation) for residential
buildings, not connected to the grid, with the
overall
objective
of
protecting
the
environment through reducing the harmful
emission of pollutants into the atmosphere.
Dimensioning of an mCCHP electric
system is an iterative complex process, with
many parameters that have to be considered
and assessed.
An installation type mCCHP is an unitary
system, the design approach is not only for
the whole assembly, but also for each
module components.
For the design of the mCCHP system it is
very important to take into account both the
technical criteria and other criteria, such as
costs.
As
a
consequence,
the
system
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Lead/acid
batteries
are
classical
secondary batteries for applications both
electrical vehicles and stationary equipment.
They represent a established and mature
technology.
There is also another battery technology
promising
solution
for
low
power
applications. We can mention the nickelcadmium and lithium-ion batteries that have
very high energy density comparing with the
lead-acid batteries one.
The best batteries to be used for
residential buildings applications are deepdischarge lead-acid batteries, that are
specially designed for solar electric systems.
An disadvantage of such kind of batteries
refers to the low specific energy (W-h/kg)
and specific power (W/kg), short life cycle,
relatively high maintenance requirement and
environmental hazards.
Because it is not recommended to fully
Dimensioning
the
electric
network
interconnections consists also in choosing
the diameter of the electrical cables that
depends on the rated currents they have to
bear without significant heating, and also the
choice of suitable switching and protection
devices required in the system. The cabling
diagram is determined based on the
functional scheme and electrical equipment
chosen before.
The electric energy has to be transferred
from the supply to the consumers by means
of electric cables of defined lengths and
electric resistance, that is not neglected for
high value of currents. This is why,
correlation of the currents values to the
cross-section of the conductors must be
chosen in such way as the power losses are
acceptable.
5. Conclusions
The use of renewable energy sources
have many advantages because of their
main qualities, they are clean, green, reliable
and contribute to greenhouse gases issue
reduction especially of carbon dioxide.
With an appropriate combination between
active and passive use of solar energy, can
be obtained a so/called zero/energy houses,
where almost entire energy demand of the
building can be covered by by use of solar
energy.
For residential and small buildings
applications, such the application of RO0054
Project, where there are specific conditions,
energy production systems based on solar
energy use holds the highest potential.
Concerns about the climatic changes and
the growing demand for energy represent a
trend and important reasons to trigger
worldwide intensified searches for suitable
green energy sources. For residential and
small buildings applications, solar and wind
power energy hold a high potential and they
may become, in our opinion, the main
renewable clean energy resources in the
future. For each application renewable
based there are different kind of energy
storage systems able to accomplish specific
characteristics. The development of such
kind of energy systems represents
nowadays a technical challenge market
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oriented.
The results obtained by the authors are
going to be used in several projects and
represent a new solution for the research in
Romania.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by EEA grant no.
RO 0054/2009, for the project entitled:
Integrated microCCHP-Stirling Engine based
on renewable energy sources for the isolated
residential consumers from South-East region
of Romania.
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