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PhD Thesis - Energy Systems Research Unit - University of Strathclyde

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users are alerted if there is not enough fuel to run any <strong>of</strong> the fuel using<br />

supplies at the desired capacity at any time.<br />

• A graph <strong>of</strong> the final storage pr<strong>of</strong>ile for each fuel is displayed in order to<br />

allow decisions to be made about the required size <strong>of</strong> fuel tanks, and the<br />

suitability <strong>of</strong> the fuel type and production rate.<br />

As there are a large number <strong>of</strong> different graphs, to save confusion, there is a<br />

means <strong>of</strong> ‘toggling’ between the appropriate graphs for the four different energy<br />

carriers, the thirteen different fuel storage graphs, and the pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> use graphs<br />

for supplies that follow demand and/or require fuel.<br />

This chapter has described the requirements for and the general layout <strong>of</strong> a<br />

demand and supply matching program which allows the total energy needs for<br />

an area to be analysed. The specific algorithms employed to determine the<br />

outputs, with the available inputs, for the various load following supplies<br />

mentioned in this chapter are described in detail in Chapter 5. The algorithms<br />

used to determine the derived fuel supply and related energy use pr<strong>of</strong>iles are<br />

described in detail in Chapter 6.<br />

4.4 References<br />

[1] F.J. Born, “Aiding renewable energy integration through complementary<br />

demand-supply matching”, <strong>PhD</strong> <strong>Thesis</strong>, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Strathclyde</strong>, 2001,<br />

www.esru.strath.ac.uk<br />

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