Arcuri, B;
Spataru, C;
Barrett, M;
(2017)
Evaluation of Ice Thermal Energy Storage (ITES) for commercial buildings in cities in Brazil.
Sustainable Cities and Society
, 29
pp. 178-192.
10.1016/j.scs.2016.12.011.
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Abstract
High temperatures and the intensive use of air conditioning are considered the main drivers of the increase in Brazil’s electricity demand in the summer, which has been causing major power cuts due to insufficient supply to meet peak demand. This paper analyses the techno-economic aspects of Ice Thermal Energy Storage (ITES) in Brazil, as a technology that can be used to shift building cooling load to off-peak time. ITES is assessed in five cities and five archetypes of commercial buildings, using two different operation strategies and two types of chillers, for new installations and retrofits. Results have shown that ITES can effectively shape peak demand in commercial buildings, generating economic gains for building owners but also losses in some cases. Although the climate plays an important role, the electricity tariffs vary significantly from city to city and this determined the economic feasibility of ITES. The technology’s potential to shape demand in Brazil’s commercial sector can encourage policy makers, regulators, grid operators and utilities in considering ITES as an option to reduce peak demand, increase security of supply and support the integration of intermittent renewable generation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Evaluation of Ice Thermal Energy Storage (ITES) for commercial buildings in cities in Brazil |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scs.2016.12.011 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2016.12.011 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016. This manuscript version is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher. |
| Keywords: | Building cooling load; Economic analysis; Energy storage; Ice thermal energy storage; Peak demand; Tropical climates |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1535209 |
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