To meet the challenge of mismatches between power supply and demand,modern buildings must schedule flexible energy loads in order to improve the efficiency of power grids.Furthermore,it is essential to understand the ...To meet the challenge of mismatches between power supply and demand,modern buildings must schedule flexible energy loads in order to improve the efficiency of power grids.Furthermore,it is essential to understand the effectiveness of flexibility management strategies under different climate conditions and extreme weather events.Using both typical and extreme weather data from cities in five major climate zones of China,this study investigates the energy flexibility potential of an office building under three short-term HVAC management strategies in the context of different climates.The results show that the peak load flexibility and overall energy performance of the three short-term strategies were affected by the surrounding climate conditions.The peak load reduction rate of the pre-cooling and zone temperature reset strategies declined linearly as outdoor temperature increased.Under extreme climate conditions,the daily peak-load time was found to be over two hours earlier than under typical conditions,and the intensive solar radiation found in the extreme conditions can weaken the correlation between peak load reduction and outdoor temperature,risking the ability of a building’s HVAC system to maintain a comfortable indoor environment.展开更多
To reduce carbon intensity, an improved management method balancing the reduction in costs and greenhouse gas(GHG)emissions is required for Tianjin's waste management system. Firstly, six objective functions, name...To reduce carbon intensity, an improved management method balancing the reduction in costs and greenhouse gas(GHG)emissions is required for Tianjin's waste management system. Firstly, six objective functions, namely, cost minimization, GHG minimization, eco-efficiency minimization, cost maximization, GHG maximization and eco-efficiency maximization, are built and subjected to the same constraints with each objective function corresponding to one scenario. Secondly, GHG emissions and costs are derived from the waste flow of each scenario. Thirdly, the range of GHG emissions and costs of other potential scenarios are obtained and plotted through adjusting waste flow with infinitely possible step sizes according to the correlation among the above six scenarios. And the optimal scenario is determined based on this range. The results suggest the following conclusions. 1) The scenarios located on the border between scenario cost minimization and GHG minimization create an optimum curve, and scenario GHG minimization has the smallest eco-efficiency on the curve; 2) Simple pursuit of eco-efficiency minimization using fractional programming may be unreasonable; 3) Balancing GHG emissions from incineration and landfills benefits Tianjin's waste management system as it reduces GHG emissions and costs.展开更多
Nowadays,new energy technologies are developing rapidly,energy storage systems are widely used,and lithium-ion batteries occupy a dominant position among them.Therefore,it is also very important to ensure their perfor...Nowadays,new energy technologies are developing rapidly,energy storage systems are widely used,and lithium-ion batteries occupy a dominant position among them.Therefore,it is also very important to ensure their performance,safety and service life through thermal management technology.In this paper,the causes of thermal runaway of lithium batteries are reviewed firstly,and three commonly used thermal management technologies,namely,air cooling,liquid cooling and phase change material cooling,are compared according to relevant literature in recent years.Air cooling technology has been widely studied because of its simple structure and low cost,but its temperature control effect is poor.Liquid cooling technology takes away heat through the circulation of liquid medium,which has a good cooling effect,but the system is relatively complex.Phase change material(PCM)cooling technology uses the high latent heat of PCM to absorb and re-lease heat,which can effectively reduce the peak temperature of a battery and improve the temperature uniformity,but the low thermal conductivity and liquid leakage are its main problems.To sum up,lithium-ion battery thermal management technology is moving towards a more efficient,safer and cost-effective direction.Coupled cooling systems,such as those combining liquid cooling and phase change material cooling,show great potential.Future research will continue to explore new materials and technologies to meet the growing demands of society and the market for lithium-ion battery perfor-mance and safety.展开更多
基金National Key R&D Program of China of the 13th Five-Year Plan(No.2018YFD1100704)。
文摘To meet the challenge of mismatches between power supply and demand,modern buildings must schedule flexible energy loads in order to improve the efficiency of power grids.Furthermore,it is essential to understand the effectiveness of flexibility management strategies under different climate conditions and extreme weather events.Using both typical and extreme weather data from cities in five major climate zones of China,this study investigates the energy flexibility potential of an office building under three short-term HVAC management strategies in the context of different climates.The results show that the peak load flexibility and overall energy performance of the three short-term strategies were affected by the surrounding climate conditions.The peak load reduction rate of the pre-cooling and zone temperature reset strategies declined linearly as outdoor temperature increased.Under extreme climate conditions,the daily peak-load time was found to be over two hours earlier than under typical conditions,and the intensive solar radiation found in the extreme conditions can weaken the correlation between peak load reduction and outdoor temperature,risking the ability of a building’s HVAC system to maintain a comfortable indoor environment.
基金Project(51406133) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject supported by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas,ChinaProject supported by Independent Innovation Fund of Tianjin University,China
文摘To reduce carbon intensity, an improved management method balancing the reduction in costs and greenhouse gas(GHG)emissions is required for Tianjin's waste management system. Firstly, six objective functions, namely, cost minimization, GHG minimization, eco-efficiency minimization, cost maximization, GHG maximization and eco-efficiency maximization, are built and subjected to the same constraints with each objective function corresponding to one scenario. Secondly, GHG emissions and costs are derived from the waste flow of each scenario. Thirdly, the range of GHG emissions and costs of other potential scenarios are obtained and plotted through adjusting waste flow with infinitely possible step sizes according to the correlation among the above six scenarios. And the optimal scenario is determined based on this range. The results suggest the following conclusions. 1) The scenarios located on the border between scenario cost minimization and GHG minimization create an optimum curve, and scenario GHG minimization has the smallest eco-efficiency on the curve; 2) Simple pursuit of eco-efficiency minimization using fractional programming may be unreasonable; 3) Balancing GHG emissions from incineration and landfills benefits Tianjin's waste management system as it reduces GHG emissions and costs.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52001045).
文摘Nowadays,new energy technologies are developing rapidly,energy storage systems are widely used,and lithium-ion batteries occupy a dominant position among them.Therefore,it is also very important to ensure their performance,safety and service life through thermal management technology.In this paper,the causes of thermal runaway of lithium batteries are reviewed firstly,and three commonly used thermal management technologies,namely,air cooling,liquid cooling and phase change material cooling,are compared according to relevant literature in recent years.Air cooling technology has been widely studied because of its simple structure and low cost,but its temperature control effect is poor.Liquid cooling technology takes away heat through the circulation of liquid medium,which has a good cooling effect,but the system is relatively complex.Phase change material(PCM)cooling technology uses the high latent heat of PCM to absorb and re-lease heat,which can effectively reduce the peak temperature of a battery and improve the temperature uniformity,but the low thermal conductivity and liquid leakage are its main problems.To sum up,lithium-ion battery thermal management technology is moving towards a more efficient,safer and cost-effective direction.Coupled cooling systems,such as those combining liquid cooling and phase change material cooling,show great potential.Future research will continue to explore new materials and technologies to meet the growing demands of society and the market for lithium-ion battery perfor-mance and safety.
