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Identifying challenges in the demonstration sites – Use Cases

These use cases are interesting research questions comprising issues and targets of various market participants in a hybrid energy distribution network, which are planned to be tackled within the OrPHEuS project. The use cases presented here shall help to identify the primary principles of energy processes in different energy distribution grids.

Altogether five use cases have been defined. They are motivated by actual challenges in the OrPHEuS demonstration sites and each of these use cases focuses on a special problem or objective of a particular market participant. Special attention has been paid to the hybrid and cooperative character of each use case as well as its relevance for the test sites. In this way it can be ensured that each market participant is represented properly in the OrPHEuS project and by highlighting the hybrid aspects and possible cooperative control strategies the relevance of each use case for the project can be justified. Furthermore, a sixth ‘special use case’ has been elaborated that examines the performance of the entire hybrid energy distribution system subject to extreme weather conditions.

 

No. Title Major Goals Target User Target
Demo Site
1 Phase-out of oil usage
for peak heat generation
  • Reduction or complete phase-out of oil usage for district heating utilizing cooperative control strategies
District heating supply
companies (and Distribution system operators (DSOs))
Skellefteå
2 Single- versus multi-utility
generation and customer supply
  • Quantitative evaluation and comparison of single- and multi-utility energy generation and supply solutions
  • Development of cooperative strategies and business models for single-utility facilities
Supply companies Ulm / Skellefteå
3 Optimal asset management and extension planning of distribution grids
  • Development of optimal investment strategies for grid operators
  • Development of cooperative control strategies among different energy domains to improve the load factor of the energy networks
Distribution system
operators (DSOs)
Ulm / Skellefteå
4 Maximizing local consumption
of remote self-generation
  • Development of (cooperative) control strategies for ‘prosumers’ to maximize the local consumption of remote self-generation
  • Development of business models for DSOs and supply companies to deal with a high share of ‘prosumers’ among their customers
Customers (‘Prosumers’) Ulm
5 Dynamic end-user loads and
comfort levels
  • Analysis of different components of different end user’s loads
  • Development of dynamic tariffs and business models considering customer segmentation and taking into account also different comfort levels
Customers Ulm / Skellefteå
Special Weather-related seasonal
extreme situations
  • Analyzing the effects of weather-related seasonal extreme situations on hybrid energy networks and hybrid energy supply
  • Investigation of structural precautionary measures via coupling points to improve energy network’s redundancy
All Ulm / Skellefteå

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General update: 27-11-2020 12:57