Trigeneration for domestic purposes in isolated areas based on hybrid RES

Abstract

The design of a system providing electricity by coupling photovoltaic/thermal (PVT) collectors and a wind turbine (WT), sanitary hot water (SHW) coming from the PVT and evacuated tube collectors (ETC) and fresh water (FW) produced in two seawater desalting facilities (membrane distillation, MD, and reverse osmosis, RO), has been carefully analyzed by means of a dynamic model developed in TRNSYS. This analysis was the base for the lab-scale pilot plant that has been recently installed in Zaragoza, Spain. Coverage of SHW, water (including RO and MD) and power is respectively 99.3%, 100% and 70% in the model. Later tests should validate this very promising results obtained in the simulation at affordable costs in the case of isolated areas.