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PhD Thesis - Energy Systems Research Unit - University of Strathclyde

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thermal scenarios (e.g. 3 household building with low efficiency building fabric, 3household building with high efficiency building fabric, 6 household building withlow efficiency building fabric etc.). These were then linked with the plant networkand used together with the other design elements (e.g. electrical efficiency <strong>of</strong>household appliances etc.) to assess the individual effects <strong>of</strong> each parameter onmicro-trigeneration performance.2.4 Modelling the electrical demandIt has already been discussed how the electrical demand in residential households is<strong>of</strong> a very variable nature with short instantaneous peak demands separated by periods<strong>of</strong> very little demand. In studies relating to micro-trigeneration in residentialbuildings high temporal resolution is therefore an important requirement [23, 24]. Ithas also already been mentioned that increased energy-efficiency caused by anincreased penetration <strong>of</strong> high efficiency appliances, could lead to a lower demandimpacting the performance <strong>of</strong> a micro-trigeneration system.In order to address these issues, this chapter aims to explain the tool and methoddeveloped to generate high resolution seasonal daily electrical demand pr<strong>of</strong>iles fordifferently occupied households accounting for different electrical appliances (andlighting) efficiency scenarios: a current efficiency electrical scenario based oncurrent appliances’ efficiencies and a future high efficiency electrical scenario basedon the expected best future available technology. The approach is also described inmore details by Borg and Kelly in [25].Electrical demand was treated separately from the main ESP-r analysis, with thepr<strong>of</strong>iles used as part <strong>of</strong> a post-simulation process aimed at calculating the microtrigenerationperformance metrics. A more detailed explanation <strong>of</strong> the method usedis given in Chapter 4.2.4.1 Method <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>ile generation - OverviewThe modelling <strong>of</strong> domestic electrical demands uses a combination <strong>of</strong> appliance data,end-use energy surveys and a customised stochastic model to generate high41

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