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X-Store

In the X-Energy sub-project X-Store, model-based methods of control and regulation technology for the management of energy storage systems (i.e. programs that plan when an energy storage system should be charged or discharged) are being investigated and further developed.  

In the project, the applicability of the control concepts is demonstrated at two heat storage facilities: the Wilhelmsburg energy bunker in Hamburg and the Technology Center Energy Campus (TEC) of the Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency (CC4E) in Hamburg Bergedorf.

While the Wilhelmsburg Energy Bunker has a thermal storage facility with a capacity of two million liters of water and supplies around 3,000 households, a smaller heat storage facility is used at the Energy Campus Technology Center. Predictive controls based on dynamic models and identified with the help of measurement data are being designed for both storage systems. In simple terms, this means that the controller in the energy storage system independently learns to predict future situations, such as the use of a lot of heat, in advance in order to charge or discharge itself with energy in good time. 

The control concepts are tested at the Energy Bunker and the Energy Campus Technology Center using simulations. Real-time experiments are also carried out at the Energy Campus Technology Center. The optimization of storage management aimed for in the project improves the integration of renewable energy sources into our energy grids.  The sub-project thus makes a contribution to the technical realization of sector coupling.

 

Project Leader
Prof. Dr. Gerwald Lichtenberg
Duration
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Budget
354.700 €
In cooperation with
Averdung Ingenieure und Berater
Funding
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Unit
CC4E - Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency

Contact

Prof. Dr. Gerwald Lichtenberg
Professor Physics & Control Systems
Department of Biomedical Engineering
T +49 40 428 75-6433
gerwald.lichtenberg (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de

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