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Modeling and energy management of hangar thermo-electrical microgrid for electric plane charging considering multiple zones and resources

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  • Verdugo, Pablo
  • Cañizares, Claudio
  • Pirnia, Mehrdad

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Achieving net zero goals by 2050 is driving an energy transition towards clean electrical energy. Consequently, many initiatives have been proposed aiming to reduce carbon emissions in the building and transportation sectors, focusing, for instance, on the implementation of efficient heating and cooling systems based on heat pumps and the use of electric planes. Microgrids can effectively integrate thermal and electrical energy resources and loads to satisfy customer demands while providing technical, economic, and environmental benefits. Thus, this paper proposes the implementation of a model of a hangar microgrid and its Energy Management System to optimize the dispatch of resources of such thermo-electrical airport grid, using a Model Predictive Control approach to address uncertainties, and including a detailed building thermal model, heat pump modeling for the heating and cooling systems, and battery degradation. The proposed mathematical model of the Energy Management System is applied to a model of a microgrid being developed for a hangar at the Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre in Ontario, Canada, taking into account the specific characteristics of the microgrid’s components, the expected energy consumption of the equipment and the electric plane used for pilot training based on field measurements, and multi-room temperature control requirements, seeking to ensure a reliable and cost-effective operation, while considering the occupants’ comfort in different spaces. The results indicate that the proposed Energy Management System model, featuring multi-room temperature control through multiple thermal resources, can achieve significant savings in operational costs and CO2 emissions compared to a scenario where the microgrid is not deployed and another where a single-room building thermal model with a single heat pump is included.

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  • Verdugo, Pablo & Cañizares, Claudio & Pirnia, Mehrdad, 2025. "Modeling and energy management of hangar thermo-electrical microgrid for electric plane charging considering multiple zones and resources," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 379(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:379:y:2025:i:c:s0306261924023341
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124951
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