Case Studies in Energy Systems : A Practical Approach to Energy System Design and Analysis.

Case Studies in Energy Systems: A Practical Approach to Energy System Design and Analysis demonstrates the application of both fundamental and advanced principles by providing a broad range of case studies, examples, and models.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bianco, Vincenzo
Corporate Author:	Knovel (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chantilly : Elsevier, 2025.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Renewable energy sources. Thermodynamics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front Cover
Case Studies in Energy Systems
Case Studies in Energy Systems: A Practical Approach to Energy System Design and Analysis
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
1
Introduction
1. What is an energy resource?
2. Energy systems and the concept of primary energy
3. Energy demand and energy supply
4. Energy efficiency and renewable energy systems
5. Case study education: History, current applications and future perspectives
References
2
Transient heat transfer modelling in buildings based on the thermo-electric analogy
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
2.1 Lumped-capacitance approach
2.2 Example: Dynamic modelling of a thermal storage
3. Case study
3.1 Wall RC model
3.2 Simplified building lumped-RC model
3.2.1 Governing equation
3.2.2 Problem implementation
4. Conclusions
References
3
Modelling of thermodynamic cycles in Python
1. Introduction
2. Overview of CoolProp for property calculation in Python
2.1 Property calculation in Python
2.2 User-defined class for fluid state definition
2.3 Thermodynamic diagram plotting
3. Fundamentals of energy analysis of thermodynamic cycles in Python
3.1 Simple Rankine cycle overview
3.1.1 Python implementation
3.1.2 Isentropic efficiencies
4. Case studies
4.1 Case study 1: Reheated Rankine cycle
4.1.1 Optimal reheat pressure
4.2 Case study 2: Combined gas-vapour cycle
4.3 Case study 3: geothermal Organic Rankine cycle (ORC)
5. Conclusions
References
4
Preliminary design of a combined heat and power system for a beverage industry
1. Introduction
2. Case study description
3. Methodology
3.1 CHP thermodynamic modelling
3.2 Investment analysis
4. Python implementation
4.1 Data extraction and analysis of baseline scenario
4.2 Market prices
4.3 Air cycle class.
4.4 Water cycle class
4.5 New system class
4.6 Investment costs
4.7 Economic analysis
5. Results
5.1 Code execution
5.1.1 Plant data import
5.1.2 Air and water cycles calculation
5.1.3 CHP system calculation
5.1.4 Investment analysis
6. Conclusions
References
5
Modelling of a commercial refrigeration system in Python
1. Introduction
2. Why CO2?
2.1 CO2 as a refrigerant
3. CO2 transcritical booster system
3.1 Thermodynamic analysis
4. TESPy modelling framework
4.1 Model creation
4.1.1 Setting up your environment
4.1.2 Importing TESPy
4.1.3 Creating the network
4.1.4 Defining components
4.1.5 Connecting components
4.1.6 Setting parameters
4.1.7 Running the simulation
4.1.8 Analysing results
5. Case studies
5.1 Case study 1: CO2 booster system
5.1.1 Task 1
5.1.2 Task 2
5.1.3 Task 3
5.1.4 Task 4
5.2 Case study 2: Optimal gas cooler pressure
6. Conclusions
References
6
Optimal piping insulation layer based on economic, embodied energy and embodied carbon assessement
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
2.1 Case study description
2.2 Heat transfer modelling
2.3 Primary energy and carbon savings
2.4 Embodied energy and embodied carbon assessment
2.5 Investment analysis
3. Python implementation
3.1 Pipe data
3.2 Internal water flow
3.3 Insulation
3.4 External convection
3.5 Heating system
3.6 Pipe configuration
3.7 Economic data
3.8 Assessment
4. Results
4.1 Code execution
4.2 Parametric investigation
5. Conclusions
References
7
Design and optimization of fin-assisted cooling for power transformers
1. Case description
2. Problem analysis
3. Solution strategy
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
References.
8
Design of a cooling system for an electronic component within a manufacturing process
1. Case description
2. Problem analysis
3. Solution strategy
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
References
9
Thermo-economic assessment of an OCGT power plant: Pathways to renewable fuel integration
1. Case description
2. Problem analysis
3. Solution strategy
3.1 Thermodynamic analysis
3.2 Economic analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
References
10
Transient explicit model of buffer tank powered by flat-plate solar-thermal collector
1. Case description
1.1 General idea of heat storage
1.2 Heat storage in domestic hot water systems
2. Problem analysis
2.1 Solar collector system without separate solar medium circuit
2.2 Solar collector system with heat exchanger
2.3 Solar collector system with heat exchanger and auxiliary heat source
3. Solution strategy
3.1 Case 1: Tank with full mixing connected to flat thermal-solar collector
3.2 Case 2: System with a collector loop separated from the main system (filled with glycol solution), equipped with an externa ...
3.3 Case 3: System connected to solar collector and boiler
4. Discussion
4.1 Results
Case 1
4.2 Results
Case 2
4.3 Results
Case 3
4.4 Results of cases 1-3 comparison
5. Conclusion
Appendix 1-Detailed results of the simulations
Appendix 2-Description of the calculation worksheet
References
11
Technical and financial analysis for the improvement of the energy efficiency of a pasteurizer for food processing
1. Case description
2. Problem analysis
3. Solution strategy
4. Discussion
5. Conclusion
References
12
Evaluating the viability of wind energy projects: A case-based approach
1. Case description
2. Problem analysis
3. Solution strategy
4. Discussion.
5. Conclusions
References
13
Decomposition of energy consumption. Fundamentals and applications
1. Case description
2. Problem analysis
3. Solution strategy
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
References
Index
Back Cover.