EFFICIENCY OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES APPLICATION FOR AN AUTONOMOUS HEAT SUPPLY SYSTEM

Abstract

Description of the developed software and information complex for modeling autonomous heat supply systems provided, which allows optimizing the selection of units and their operation modes and ensuring the production and redistribution of thermal energy in accordance with the schedule of consumers. Optimized modes simulation operation of the autonomous heat supply system for a cottage village based on local energy resources with minimal use of external energy sources performed. The use of software and information complex made it possible to calculate the parameters that provide optimal coverage of the heat load schedule of a cottage settlement based on local energy resources. For the calculation, the predicted values of the installed thermal power of the units and the heat load graph which was obtained by adapting the real annual graph of the external temperature of Stockholm to the geographical location of the Kyiv region were used. The developed new software and information complex provide an opportunity for hourly modeling, research into the optimal modes of operation of heat units, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the use of renewable energy sources in autonomous heat supply systems. In the developed software and information complex, the model of optimization of operating modes is applied, which belongs to the class of problems of optimal loading of generating capacities of power systems with the criterion of minimizing costs for production, accumulation, and consumption of thermal energy. An example of simulation results using a heat load schedule for a selected typical day is presented. The obtained results indicate a decrease in the specific cost of hourly heat supply with an increase in the part of thermal energy supplied at the expense of renewable energy sources. This is due to a decrease in the share of gas, and in general, any other generation based on fossil fuel technologies, in the total volume of heat supply. Thus, the effectiveness of the use of renewable energy sources based on local energy resources as part of the heat supply system of the cottage village was confirmed. Keywords: autonomous heat supply, the efficiency of renewable energy sources based on local energy resources.