Electrical and thermal storage optimisation in a virtual power plant

储能技术被认为是未来能源的八大技术之一，目前受到政策制定者、行业和研究机构的高度关注。在未来的网络中，将电和热结合起来以最大限度地降低成本和排放是一个新兴的研究领域。苏塞克斯大学的研究人员已经测试了先进系统的使用，以优化电和热的使用，但能量储存不是该系统的一部分。基于电和热的结合，储能系统将电力和热能系统的容量组合在一起，作为一个大型灵活的“发电厂”，以经济有效的方式平衡需求和供应。该项目将专注于电力和热能的储能，未来可能会增加更多的研究。该项目将解决的挑战是：(i)通过现实模拟对拟议的存储控制技术进行可行性评估，（ii）推导存储控制器软件和硬件的功能需求/规格，（iii）测试基于实验室的存储控制实现的可行性。

Energy storage is currently receiving great attention from policy-makers, industry as well as researchinstitutions, as it is considered one of eight great technologies for the future of energy. Combining electricityand heat for minimising cost and emissions in future networks is an emerging research field. Sussex researchershave tested the use of advanced systems to optimise use of electricity and heat, but energy storage was notpart of that system. Building on combined electricity and heat, a storage-enabled system groups together thecapacity of electrical and thermal energy systems as one large flexible “power plant” for balancing demand andsupply in a cost-efficient way. This project will focus on energy storage for electricity and heat, with thepossibility of adding more in future research. The challenges this project will address are: (i) feasibilityassessment of the proposed storage control techniques through realistic simulations, (ii) deriving functionalrequirements / specifications of storage controller software & hardware, (iii) testing the feasibility of lab-basedstorage control implementations.