Projects

INTEGRATION OF COMBINED COOLING, HEATING AND POWER MICROGRIDS IN ZERO-ENERGY PUBLIC BUILDINGS UNDER HIGH POWER QUALITY AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS (IMPROVEMENT)

INTERREG SUDOE Program and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

File number: SOE3/P3/E0901

Keywords

Model predictive control, microgrids, storage area networks.cogeneration, energy efficiency, geotermal, hydrogen, energy management system.

Programme

INTERREG SUDOE

call

Third Call of the South-West Europe Territorial Cooperation Programme (Sudoe Programme 2014-2020)

Funding Agency

INTERREG SUDOE Program and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

File number: SOE3/P3/E0901

Project Aim

The main objective of the project is to face the challenge of the integration of renewable energies and improve the energy efficiency of public buildings in which, due to their field of activity, quality and continuity of supply must be considered fundamental aspects (Hospitals, Research Centers, Military Facilities and Transportation Stations). These public buildings have a high energy consumption for electricity, heating and air conditioning. Therefore, it proposes its conversion to Zero Energy Balance Buildings (nZEB) through the integration of micro-networks of combined cold, heat and electricity generation with active neutral control and use of hybrid energy storage systems. To do this, the realization of pilot experiences in the research centres of Spain, in the CNH2, and of Portugal, in the LNEG.

Period Time

2019-2023

Beneficiaries

The Spanish National Hydrogen Centre (Main Beneficary), Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia of Portugal, (LNEG), la Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et Aérotechnique (ENSMA), the University of Córdoba, the University of Castilla-La Mancha, la Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, the Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon; the Andalusian Energy Agency and at the Regional Government of Andalucía.

Associated Beneficaries

Green Power Technologies, NEC Renovables, Agência Regional de Energia e Ambiente do Algarve, Agence Régionale Énergie Climat Occitanie, Associação Plataforma Construção Sustentável, Área de Gestión Sanitaria Este de Málaga, Intermunicipal Community of Algarve e Irradia Ingeniería Solar.

Publications

1) F. Garcia-Torres, A. Zafra-Cabeza, C. Silva, S. Grieu, T. Darure, A. Estanqueiro, “Model Predictive Control for Microgrid Functionalities: Review and Future Challenges” Energies 14, no. 5: 1296, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14051296

2) F. Garcia-Torres, C. Bordons, J. Tobajas, R. Real-Calvo, I. Santiago Chiquero and S. Grieu, “Stochastic Optimization of Microgrids with Hybrid Energy Storage Systems for Grid Flexibility Services Considering Energy Forecast Uncertainties,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. PP, no. PP, 2021, doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2021.3071867.

3) F. Garcia-Torres, C. Bordons, J. Tobajas, J. J. Márquez, J. Garrido-Zafra and A. Moreno-Muñoz, “Optimal Schedule for Networked Microgrids Under Deregulated Power Market Environment Using Model Predictive Control,” in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 182-191, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2020.3018023.

4) F. Garcia-Torres, P. Baez-Gonzalez, J. Tobajas, F. Vazquez and E. Nieto, “Cooperative Optimization of Networked Microgrids for Supporting Grid Flexibility Services using Model Predictive Control,” in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. PP, no. PP, pag. PP-PP , doi: 10.1109/TSG.2020.3043821.

5) F. Garcia-Torres, S. Vazquez, I. Moreno-Garcia, A. Gil-de-Castro, P.Roncero-Sánchez, A. Moreno-Munoz, “Microgrids Power Quality Enhancement Using Model Predictive Control”. Electronics, vol. PP, no. PP, pag. PP-PP 2021.

6) I. Santiago, A. Moreno- Munoz, P. Quintero-Jimenez, F. Garcia-Torres and M.J. Gonzalez-Redondo, “Electricity demand during pandemic times: the case of the COVID-19 in Spain”, Energy Policy, vol. 48,, pp. 111964, 2020

7) Javier Tobajas, Felix Garcia-Torres, Pedro Roncero-Sánchez, Javier Vázquez, Ladjel Bellatreche, Emilio Nieto, “Resilience-oriented schedule of microgrids with hybrid energy storage system using model predictive control”, Applied Energy, Volume 306, Part B, 2022, 118092, ISSN 0306-2619, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.118092.

Presentations

“SONDER: A Data-Driven Methodology for Designing Net-Zero Energy Public Buildings”, L. Bellatreche, Felix Garcia-Torres, Don Nguyen Pham, Pedro Quintero Jiménez, International Conference on Big Data Analytics and Knowledge Discovery, 2020.
“Conversão de edifícios existentes em nzeb através da integração de energias renováveis, de micro-redes e de soluções de eficiência energética”, David Loureiro, CIES2020, XVII Congresso Ibérico e XIII Congresso Ibero-americano de Energia Solar, 3-5 novembro 2020.
“Power Quality of Interconnected Microgrids using Model Predictive Control”, Garcia-Torres, S. Vazquez, C. Bordons, I. Moreno-Garcia, A. Gil, P. Roncero-Sanchez, International Federation of Automatic Control World Congress, IFAC 2020.
“Current Control of a Grid-Connected Single-Phase Voltage-Source Inverter with LCL Filter”, Parreño Torres, F.J. López Alcolea, P. Roncero.Sabcgezm J. Vazquez, E. Molina-Martínez, and F. Garcia-Torres, 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE’20 ECCE EUROPE.
A Novel Microgrid Responsive Appliance Controller”, Garrido-Zafra, A. Gil-de-Castro, R. Saraviego-Fernandez, M. Linan-Reyes, A. Moreno Munoz and F. Garcia-Torres, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2020 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC/I&CPS Europe)
“Integración de Microrredes de Generación Combinada de Calor, Frío y Eléctricidad en Edificios Públicos con altos requerimientos de Calidad y Continuidad de Suministro”, J. Tobajas, P. Roncero-Sanchez, A. Munoz-Moreno, A. Saez, A. Estanqueiro, S. Grieu, L. Bellatreche, R. Costa Neto, A. Rodríguez, E. Nieto. , XXVII Seminario Anual de Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación (SAAEI’20)
“Microrredes Cooperativas con funcionalidades avanzadas: Flexibilidad y Resilencia”, F. Garcia-Torres, J. Tobajas, J. Martín y Emilio Nieto, VII Congreso Nacional de Smart Grids.
“Resilience-oriented Schedule of Microgrids with Hybrid Energy Storage System using Model Predictive Control”, Javier Tobajas, Pedro Roncero-Sánchez, Félix García, Emilio Nieto and Javier Vázquez, , XXVIII Seminario Anual de Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación (SAAEI’21)
“Integration of Combined Cooling, Heating and Power Microgrids in Zero Energy Public Buildings with High Power Quality and Continuity Requirements”, Javier Tobajas, Félix García, Jesús Martín, Íñigo Ubierna, EHEC 2022
“Integration of combined cooling, heating and power microgrids in zero-energy public buildings under high power quality and continuity of service requirements”, Javier Tobajas, Antonio Moreno, Angel Saez, GENERA 2022
“Integration of Combined Cooling, Heating and Power Microgrids to reach Zero-Energy Buildings”, Javier Tobajas, Jesús Martín, David Fernández-Rodríguez, Emilio Nieto, XII National and III International Conference on Engineering Thermodynamics 2022
“National Hydrogen Center Capabilities and Aplications. Case Study: IMPROVEMET proyect”, Javier Toabjas, Jesús Martín. 2023 EPRI European Workshop Week”, Vienna (Austria), March 14-16, 2023