eprintid: 1531129 rev_number: 20 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/53/11/29 datestamp: 2017-01-26 08:03:25 lastmod: 2019-10-17 08:08:34 status_changed: 2017-01-26 08:03:25 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Wouters, CME title: Optimal design and regulation of residential distributed energy systems ispublished: unpub divisions: A01 divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: DC0 abstract: Central power systems predominantly consist of large generators that provide electricity to a broad consumer base through extensive networks. This conventional top-down supply is, however, being challenged by peak demand, energy losses, ageing infrastructure and climate change. Localised distributed energy systems (DES), consisting of clusters of small-scale technologies and various energy services and interactions at the consumer level, are increasingly presented as solutions to these challenges. However, for DES to become viable, a novel cross-disciplinary design approach is still required that encompasses multiple stakeholder interests. This thesis aims to address this need through developing a flexible multi-objective decision-making framework for DES design, from an engineering and regulatory perspective, using mathematical programming techniques. A superstructure mixed-integer linear programming approach is hereto developed to optimise residential energy system designs framed by location-specific parameters and required electricity, heating and cooling demands. Engineering design is optimised in terms of selection, siting and sizing of energy supply alternatives and interactions from a considered pool of options. Multiple stakeholder-driven minimisation objectives are included through Pareto trade-offs, ensuring a system design that is not only competitive (total annualised energy cost) but also introduces security of supply (electrical system unavailability) and environmental benefits (annual CO2 emissions) to the neighbourhood as compared with conventional configurations. DES, furthermore, require an adequate regulatory framework to fit in with conventional systems. Nevertheless, regulation is still lagging behind their technological development. The developed design approach is therefore extended to enable analysis of DES regulatory framework aspects by identifying quantifiable relations, such as type, scale and ownership, between engineering design, organisation and regulation. The framework is applied to a small South Australian neighbourhood to illustrate its capability for DES design analyses and decision-making within conventional power systems generally. The developed approach ensures DES applicability within conventional power systems and their relevance to governing energy regulation. date: 2016-12-28 date_type: published oa_status: green full_text_type: other thesis_class: doctoral_open language: eng thesis_view: UCL_Thesis primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1195487 lyricists_name: Wouters, Carmen lyricists_id: CWOUT10 actors_name: Wouters, Carmen actors_id: CWOUT10 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public pages: 314 event_title: UCL (University College London) institution: UCL (University College London) department: School of Energy and Resources, UCL Australia thesis_type: Doctoral citation: Wouters, CME; (2016) Optimal design and regulation of residential distributed energy systems. Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London). Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1531129/1/CWouters-PhDthesis.pdf