Chapter 20Smart Energy and Grid: Novel Approaches for the Efficient Generation, Storage, and Usage of Energy in the Smart Home and the Smart Grid Linkup

Julian Praß1, Johannes Weber1, Sebastian Staub2, Johannes Bürner1, Ralf Böhm1, Thomas Braun1, Moritz Hein3, Markus Michl1, Michael Beck4 and Jörg Franke1

1Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems (FAPS), Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

2Chair of Energy Process Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

3Chair of Measurement and Control Systems, University of Bayreuth, Germany

4Institute of Separation Science and Technology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Objectives

  • To become familiar with novel approaches focusing on smart generation, storage, and usage of energy
  • To become familiar with small wind turbines and combined heat and power plants in order to generate energy in future smart homes
  • To become familiar with smart thermal storage heating systems and a possibility of connecting the smart homes to the smart grid
  • To become familiar with energy-efficient radiation heating, comfort-oriented heating, smart waste heat usage, and a novel concept of ventilation with heat recovery that uses a friction ventilator as central unit

20.1 Introduction

In accordance with the Kyoto Protocol and the Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Union (EU) that ...

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