An engineering approach to the optimal design of distributed energy systems in China

This paper provides a generic energy systems engineering framework toward the optimal design of DES in China, with the purpose of obtaining optimal combination of technologies and capacity of equipment for a given area with given energy demands. A hotel in Beijing is selected as an illustrative example to demonstrate the key steps and features of the proposed approach. Results show that the optimal configuration of such a DES is a rather complex system equipped with various technologies. It is more efficient and economic than conventional centralized energy systems as well as distributed combined cooling, heating and power systems.