Distributed Energy Storage Layout for Reconfigurable Building Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing building infrastructure is rigid and inefficient, leading to high upfront capital costs, low utilization factors, and limited flexibility in reconfiguring space and function, with energy storage systems contributing to these issues.
Innovation Solution
A distributed and decoupled dynamic multifunction structure (DMS) with integrated energy storage devices, utilizing a feedforward control system to optimize energy distribution and consumption, reducing capital costs through strategic placement and decoupling energy pathways, and enabling reconfigurable assets to adapt to demand.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If energy storage systems are integrated into buildings to decouple power generation from power consumption, then energy efficiency is improved, but total building system cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The building is divided into multiple energy zones with distributed energy storage systems at different locations. Each zone can independently manage its energy production and consumption, allowing for localized optimization without requiring a single large-scale energy storage system throughout the entire building.
Solution Approach 2:
The energy storage systems are designed to perform multiple functions including peak load shifting, renewable energy integration, backup power supply, and demand response participation. This multi-functionality justifies the investment by providing numerous benefits beyond simple energy storage.
2Reliability
If infrastructure is designed to meet worst-case scenarios, then reliability is improved, but utilization factor decreases and capital costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The infrastructure is designed with dynamic capabilities that allow it to adapt to varying demand conditions. Energy storage systems can be charged during low-demand periods and discharged during peak periods, enabling the system to maintain reliability without requiring constant operation at maximum capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
Energy storage systems are charged in advance during off-peak hours when demand is low, preparing energy reserves before peak demand occurs. This preliminary action ensures reliability during high-demand periods without requiring the infrastructure to operate at maximum capacity continuously.
3Stability of the object's composition
If buildings are designed with rigid infrastructure, then structural stability is improved, but flexibility to reconfigure space and function decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The building infrastructure is segmented into modular components that can be independently configured and repositioned. This modular approach maintains overall structural stability while allowing flexible reconfiguration of internal spaces and systems to adapt to changing functional requirements.
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AI summary
A system and method for reconfiguring physical space having structural integrity, notably empowered by leveraging energy distribution that further leverages dynamic feedforward allocation of distributed energy storage, to maximize space utilization factor to accelerate return on investment, reduce system energy consumption, and maximize functional utilization of physical space particularly suited for modular construction with integral and approximately continuous updating of digital twin modeling to empower higher precision feedforward and feedback systems control resulting in high-performance buildings.