Publications and Bibliography

Scientific Publications

The MVS is currently under development in the H2020 research project E-LAND. Still, there are already some references where additional information can be found regarding its intention, application, and method. More information about E-LAND can be found on the research project website: E-LAND Horizon 2020. Novel solutions for decarbonized energy islands

Articles

  • (Farrukh, 2022):

    Farhan Farrukh, Ciara Dunks, Martha Marie Hoffmann, Per Olav Dypvik: Assessment of the potential of local solar generation for providing ship shore power in the Norwegian harbour Port of Borg, 2022 18th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), DOI: 10.1109/EEM54602.2022.9921031, Link

  • (Puranik, 2022):

    Sanket Puranik, Martha M. Hoffmann, Farhan Farrukh, Sunil Sharma: Optimal investments into rooftop solar and batteries for a distribution grid company and prosumers: A case study in India., Conference Paper, 2022 IEEE 7th International Energy Conference (ENERGYCON). DOI: 10.1109/ENERGYCON53164.2022.9830341. Link

  • (Hoffmann, 2020b):

    Martha M. Hoffmann, Sanket Puranik, Marc Juanpera, José M. Martín-Rapún, Heidi Tuiskula, & Philipp Blechinger: Investment planning in multi-vector energy systems: Definition of key performance indicators, Conference paper, presented at the CIRED 2020 Berlin Workshop (CIRED 2020), Berlin / online. 2020. DOI: Link <10.5281/zenodo.4449918

Reports

  • (AHK Chile, 2021):

    Christoph Meyer, Mar Ortiz, Annika Schüttler. AHK Chile, August 2021: German: Einsatz von grünem Wasserstoff zur netzfernen Stromversorgung in Insel- und kleineren Stromnetzen in Chile. Spanish: Uso de hidrógeno verde para el suministro de energía fuera de la red en microrredes y redes pequeñas de electricidad en Chile. Available on: Link

  • (E-LAND, 2021b):

    Martha Hoffmann, Ciara Dunks, Sabine Haas. May 2021: Innovative Multi-Vector Simulator. Deliverable 4.4

Posters

  • (E-LAND, 2021a):

    E-LAND, 2021: Multi-Vector Simulator. Planning the energy supply system of the future. Product sheet. Available: Link

  • (Hoffmann, 2020a):

    Martha M. Hoffmann, Sanket Puranik, Marc Juanpera, José M. Martín-Rapún, Heidi Tuiskula, & Philipp Blechinger: Investment planning in multi-vector energy systems: Definition of key performance indicators, Conference poster, presented at the CIRED 2020 Berlin Workshop (CIRED 2020), Berlin / online: DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4449969

Presentations

  • : (Puranik, 2021): Sanket Puranik, Martha M. Hoffmann, Isidoros Kokos, Sergio Herraiz, Per Gjerløw: Facilitating Local Multi-Vector Energy Systems with the E-LAND toolbox, Workshop at “Sustainable Places 2021”, Link

  • (Herraiz, 2021):

    Sergio Herraiz, Martha M. Hoffmann: Facilitating local multi-vector energy systems: Integrated investment and operational planning. Präsentation in Session 8: Cross-sectoral linkages and integration, Day 2: Linking Sectors and Technologies at the EMP-E 2021 (26-28. Oktober 2021), online. conference schedule

  • (Hoffmann, 2020c):

    Introducing an open source simulation tool for sector-coupled energy system optimization: Multi-Vector Simulator (MVS) Presentation at Energy Modelling Platform for Europe (EMP-E) 2020, 06. – 08. October 2020, online. Link to session: Youtube

  • (Hoffmann, 2020d):

    Multi-Vector Simulator, session: Building on experience: What to take from individual models for the oemof-community, presentation at oemof developer meeting, 02. - 04. December 2020, online. Link: conference schedule

Master thesis

  • (Backhaus, 2021*):

    Andra Backhaus: Analyzing the application of different energy cell sizes as an approach for the integration of decentralized renewable energy sources. Master of Science Thesis, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg. To be submitted in June 2021. Written in scope of the H2020 research project open_plan

  • (Gering, 2021*):

    Marie-Claire Gering: Modellierung und Analyse von sektorgekoppelten Energiesystemen mit photovoltaisch betriebenen Wärmepumpen und thermischen Energiespeichern. Master of Science Thesis, Technische Universität Berlin. To be submitted in June 2021. Written in scope of the research project GRECO.

  • (El Mir, 2020):

    Ursula El Mir: Identification of a Validation Method for Open Source Simulation Tools and Application of Said Method to the MVS: Multi-Vector Simulator - Sector Coupled Systems. Master of Science Thesis, Delft University of Technology. September 2020. Link: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:50c283c7-64c9-4470-8063-140b56f18cfe . Written in scope of the H2020 research project E-LAND

Reference projects

As an publicly developed open-source tool, the MVS can also be used, adapted and improved in other projects. The current projects that an serve as a reference for MVS utilization are listed.

H2020 research project GRECO and tool pvcompare

Within the H2020 research project GRECO the model pvcompare (github reprository) was developed to compare the benefits of different PV technologies in local energy systems in different energy supply scenarios. It uses MVS for optimizing these energy systems and calculating specific KPIs. Functionalities of pvcompare include among others the calculation of an area potential for PV on roof-tops and facades, heat and electricity demand profiles, PV feed-in time series for different technologies, temperature dependent COPs for heat pumps and pre-calculations for a stratified thermal storage. pvcompare concentrates on the integration of PV technologies into local energy systems but could easily be enhanced to analyze other conversion technologies. Checkout the documentation to learn more about pvcompare.

H2020 research project open_Plan

The H2020 research project open_plan aims to build an open source tool to plan the design of a single energy cell. It will extend on the existing features of MVS to fullfil the requirements of its pilot projects. The project open_plan is funded until December 2022, the development of the graphical user interface will take place on the github repository of open_plan.

Consulting project with AHK Chile

The MVS was applied to three case study locations in Chile to determine the local potential to use hydrogen for storing renewable generation. The locations included a grid on an island (Melinka), a region (Aysén) and a industrial site (Multiexport). More information can be found on the RLI website. A report in German and Spanish is available.

Bibliography

This RTD referenced following sources:

  • (Bloess, 2017):

    Andreas Bloess, Wolf-Peter Schill, Alexander Zerrahn: Power-to-heat for renewable energy integration: A review of technologies, modeling approaches, and flexibility potentials. Applied Energy, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.12.073

  • (Ringkjøb, 2018):

    Hans-Kristian Ringkjøb, Peter M. Haugan, Ida Marie Solbrekke: A review of modelling tools for energy and electricity systems with large shares of variable renewables. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.08.002