This article presents the development of a numerical model micro-CHP prototype fueled by concentrated solar power. unit converts energy into electricity and heat coupling an assembled parabolic trough collector with oil-free single-cylinder steam engine operating according to Rankine cycle. The main originality this study is modeling large heating system (46.5 m2 aperture area), including two-a...

Micro-cogeneration (micro-combined heat and power) is a technology that simultaneously produces decentralized thermal electrical energy with power of less than 50 kWel. This consists using the waste generated by thermodynamic process to meet heating hot water demands buildings. The use biomass as fuel offers important advantages: renewable energy, carbon neutrality, availability, low cost. Furt...

This paper investigates the optimal configuration of micro combustion engines (kWel or kWth), the associated volume of thermal heat storage and the thermal capacity of an additional boiler (kWth) for heat supply in residential buildings with 30 units, which have been built in Vienna (Austria) during different construction periods (before 1919 to 2011). The target function for the configuration ...

A micro grid consists of cluster of loads and distributed generators that operate as a single controllable system. As an integrated energy delivery system micro grid can operate in parallel with or isolated from the main power grid. The micro grid concept introduces the reduction of multiple reverse conversions in an individual AC or DC grid and also facilitates connections to variable renewabl...