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text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>Date:</b></font></span><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> Monday, April 28, 20008<span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>Time:</b></font></span><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM</font></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>Location:</b></font></span><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> E40-496</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>Title:</b></font></span><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> "Economics of Applying Micro Cogeneration Systems
in the Electricity Infrastructure"</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>Speaker:</b></font></span><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b> </b>Michiel Houwing, PhD Candidate. Faculty of Technology,
Policy and Management - Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
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text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>Abstract:</b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Distributed energy resources (DER = distributed power generation,
local energy storage, load management) combined with the introduction of novel
ICT infrastructures enable 'smart power systems'.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">This research deals with the design and analysis of DER
coordination regimes in order to provide insight into possible economic
benefits of such regimes for households and load serving entities when using
DER-electricity in energy markets.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The research focuses on domestic combined heat and power systems
(= microCHP) based on Stirling technology. MicroCHP units are expected to
become important next generation home heating systems in certain developed
nations. The large-scale adoption of microCHP can substantially contribute to
meeting energy efficiency and CO2-reduction policy goals.</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Results from simulation studies show the possible economic
benefits of the intelligent control of microCHPs in power systems.</font></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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