Towards Generalized Co-simulation of Urban Energy Systems

Wang, Kunpeng; Siebers, Peer-Olaf; Robinson, Darren

Abstract

Maximizing energy conservation, improving energy efficiency and integration and control of renewable energy sources are critical in order to achieve a low carbon future. An integrated modelling system is needed to evaluate and improve energy performance of urban energy systems’ design and operation, from both financial and environmental perspectives.

To this end, this paper presents an urban energy co-simulation framework. It is based on co-simulation standard Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) and CityGML-based semantic 3D city model and utilized programing packages, like PyFMI, FMILibrary, and mosaik, which is capable of orchestrating the execution of dynamic simulation models supporting the for co-simulation. To demonstrate the proof of concept, two simulation tools are coupled in the first instance: EnergyPlus and No-MASS. Based on the two use cases, the principles and workflow of the framework and results from its application are described. Results from use cases show that synchronization and interaction between our urban energy co-simulation framework and coupled co-simulation components works as intended. The paper concludes by discussing strategies to tackle more complex and multiscale energy systems.

Citation

Wang, K., Siebers, P.-O., & Robinson, D. (2016, September). Towards Generalized Co-simulation of Urban Energy Systems. Presented at Urban Transitions Conference, Shanghai, September 2016, Shanghai, China

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Urban Transitions Conference, Shanghai, September 2016
• Start Date: Sep 5, 2016
• End Date: Sep 9, 2016
• Acceptance Date: Aug 16, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Sep 11, 2017
• Publication Date: Sep 11, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jan 5, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 8, 2019
• Journal: Procedia Engineering
• Electronic ISSN: 1877-7058
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 198
• Pages: 366-374
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.07.092
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1446050
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705817329363
• Additional Information: This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: Towards Generalized Co-simulation of Urban Energy Systems; Journal Title: Procedia Engineering; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.07.092; Content Type: article; Copyright: © 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
• Contract Date: Jan 5, 2019