RT Journal Article
T1 Simulation-Based Education Tool for Understanding Thermostatically Controlled Loads
A1 Gómez Ruiz, Gabriel
A1 Sánchez Herrera, María Reyes
A1 Andújar Márquez, José Manuel
A1 Rubio Sánchez, Juan Luis
A1 Gómez Ruiz, Gabriel
AB Thermostatically controlled loads have great potential to make a significant contribution toimproving energy efficiency in the building sector, which is responsible for 40% of greenhouse gasemissions in the EU. This, in addition to the environmental damage, represents a huge expense interms of the electricity bill. Therefore, it is very important to train engineers on how to design energymanagement systems for TCLs. With this goal in mind, it would be very useful to have a simulation based educational tool (SBET) to understand thermostatically controlled loads, their characteristics,and the possibilities in terms of energy efficiency. In addition, it would be very useful if this toolcould be introduced in engineering curricula to help students become better trained and enter thelabor market with more opportunities. Based on the shortcomings detected, this work develops anSBET specifically designed to teach on the subject of TCLs (SBET-TCLs), both about their intrinsiccharacteristics and their better management. To verify the developed SBET-TCLs, it was tested in areal scenario: a survey was carried out among the students of the subject ‘Alternative Energy Sources’ in the degrees of Industrial Engineering. The results show that the use of an SBET-TCLs has very positive effects on the learning process.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050 (electrónico)
YR 2024
FD 2024-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23392
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23392
LA eng
NO Gomez-Ruiz, G., Sanchez-Herrera, R., Andujar, J. M., & Rubio Sanchez, J. L. (2024). Simulation-Based Education Tool for Understanding Thermostatically Controlled Loads. In Sustainability (Vol. 16, Issue 3, p. 999). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16030999
NO This paper is framed in the project “Integral control system to optimize the microgrids energy demand” funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, call for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2020-2023. In addition, the corresponding author is enjoying a FPU grant funded by the Spanish Ministry of Universities for training of universityteaching staff in his PhD period.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026