Publications associées à The new role of sustainable hydropower in flexible energy systems and its technical evolution through innovation and digitalization

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Advanced control strategies to exploit the hydropower potential enhancing ancillary services provision to the power system

The European Union's Green Deal aims for a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. To reach this goal, a massive integration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) into the power grid is necessary. As RES become a large part of the electricity genera ...

EPFL2024

Power to the People: On the Role of Districts in Decentralized Energy Systems

François Maréchal, Jonas Schnidrig, Cédric Terrier, Arthur Antoine Chuat

Highlights Integration of decentralized models with a centralized national energy system framework. Strategic reduction in photovoltaic (PV) installation requirements and system cost through decentralized approaches. Optimization of self-consumption to min ...

MDPI2024

Smart Photovoltaic Windows for Next-Generation Energy-Saving Buildings

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

The global energy system transforming from fossil fuels to renewable green energy through the adaption of innovative and dynamic green technologies. Energy-saving buildings (ESBs) are attracting extensive attention as intelligent architectures capable of s ...

WILEY2024

Future Changes in Dynamics of Extreme Precipitation and Dry Periods in the Swiss Alps and Consequences for Hydropower Production

Tatjana Milojevic

Global climate warming is leading to more frequent and severe extreme weather events, with alpine regions like the European Alps being particularly vulnerable. This thesis explores future changes in extreme weather dynamics in the southeastern Swiss Alps a ...

EPFL2024

Modelling The Effect of Future Uncertainty in Energy Prices on Decarbonization Pathways for Secondary Aluminium Production

Lorenzo Aimone, François Maréchal, Daniel Alexander Florez Orrego, Manuele Domenico Margni, Dareen Zuhir Omar Dardor

Aluminium is one of the most widely used metals in the world, but its production is highly energy intensive and largely dependent on the use of fossil fuels. A typical secondary aluminium production facility consumes 700-1,000 kWh of natural gas and 200-40 ...

2024

Fair real-time control of energy storage systems in active distribution networks in the presence of uncertainties

Plouton Grammatikos

The thesis explores the issue of fairness in the real-time (RT) control of battery energy storage systems (BESSs) hosted in active distribution networks (ADNs) in the presence of uncertainties by proposing and experimentally validating appropriate control ...

EPFL2024

On the role of energy infrastructure in the energy transition. Case study of an energy independent and CO2 neutral energy system for Switzerland

François Maréchal, Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Jonas Schnidrig, Manuele Domenico Margni, Yasmine Maria Calisesi Arzner

The transition towards renewable energy is leading to an important strain on the energy grids. The question of designing and deploying renewable energy technologies in symbiosis with existing grids and infrastructure is arising. While current energy system ...

2023

Methods for Grid-aware Operation and Planning of Active Distribution Networks

Rahul Kumar Gupta

The thesis presents methods for controlling and planning distributed energy resources (DERs) in active distribution networks (ADNs). It deals with three main challenges: (i) developing and experimentally validating grid-aware real-time control frameworks, ...

EPFL2023

Strategies for energy-efficient frontal polymerisation processing and microstructural evaluation of fibre reinforced composites

Jacobus Gerardus Rudolph Staal

Liquid composite moulding methods are widely applied for manufacturing of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites and consist of two main stages: impregnation of fibrous reinforcements by a liquid monomer resin and curing of this resin. This thesis work ...

EPFL2023

Advanced Frameworks to Aggregate and Unlock the Power Flexibility of Distributed Energy Resources Located in Active Distribution Networks

Mohsen Kalantar Neyestanaki

Environmental concerns are leading to a fast transition in electric power systems towards replacing fossil fuel and nuclear generation with renewable generation. This transition has two significant implications for electric power systems: 1-The capacity o ...

EPFL2022

Synthesis of the HydroES 2021 symposium: hydroelectricity, a catalyst for the energy transition in Europe

Anton Schleiss

Hydropower and Environmental Sustainability (HydroES-2021) s’inscrit dans un cycle de conférences organisées par la SHF depuis une dizaine d’année avec de nombreux partenaires Français et Européens. Sa 7éme édition consacrée à « L’hydroélectricité, un cata ...

2022

Redox dual-flow battery for combined electricity storage and hydrogen production

Danick Reynard

The energy transition towards a carbon-neutral and sustainable economy is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century to combat global warming and pollution. The decarbonization process is affecting every sector of the economy (electricity, transpor ...

EPFL2022

Quantitative Design of a New e-Methanol Production Process

Alfred Rufer

In the context of the need to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from personal transportation, a new process for the production of e-methanol is presented. It is a CO2 hydrogenation process, powered mainly by renewable energy sources such as pho ...

MDPI2022

Fuel cell-battery hybrid systems for mobility and off-grid applications: A review

François Maréchal, Jan Van Herle, Ligang Wang, Xun Liao

The global demand for fossil fuels in the transportation sector is increasing rapidly due to the continuous growth of internal combustion engine vehicles. This leads to severe environmental problems, including greenhouse gas emissions and air-quality deter ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2021

Routing of Electric Vehicles With Intermediary Charging Stations: A Reinforcement Learning Approach

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Marina Dorokhova

In the past few years, the importance of electric mobility has increased in response to growing concerns about climate change. However, limited cruising range and sparse charging infrastructure could restrain a massive deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) ...

2021

Grid-Aware Layout of Photovoltaic Panels in Sustainable Building Energy Systems

François Maréchal, Paul Michael Stadler, Francesco Baldi, Luise Middelhauve

In the context of increasing concern for anthropogenic CO2 emissions, the residential building sector still represents a major contributor to energy demand. The integration of renewable energy sources, and particularly of photovoltaic (PV) panels, is becom ...

2021

Optimal integration of sustainable multi-energy systems in districts

François Maréchal, Paul Michael Stadler

The integration of renewable energy sources within the built environment is a compelling challenge to tackle. With the recent climate targets aiming at a carbon neutral energy supply by the mid-century, a modern building energy system (BES) should maximize ...

ECOS 2020 Organizing Committee2020

SCCER JA-RED - A list of possible ancillary services for enhanced grid operation and implementation of the most effective ones at the RE demo site - Deliverable 1.2.3

Luc Girardin, Luise Middelhauve, Jordan Holweger, Lionel Benjamin Bloch

There is a need by distribution system operators and power suppliers to propose ancillary services to enhanced grid operation allowing the optimal deployment of photovoltaic panels, cogeneration technologies and distributed storage. This deliverable theref ...

2020

Computational parametric analysis of the design of cross-flow turbines under constraints

François Avellan, Sebastián Camilo Leguizamón Sarmiento

The cross-flow turbine is an attractive technology for small-scale hydropower generation thanks to its low capital cost and relatively high efficiency even under partial discharge operating conditions. It has been proposed that this kind of turbine can be ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2020

Big data mining for the estimation of hourly rooftop photovoltaic potential and its uncertainty

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Nahid Mohajeri Pour Rayeni, Roberto Castello, Alina Ursula Rosa Walch

The large-scale deployment of photovoltaics (PV) on building rooftops can play a significant role in the transition to a low-carbon energy system. To date, the lack of high-resolution building and environmental data and the large uncertainties related to e ...

2020