A Model for Regional Energy Utilization by Offline Heat Transport System and Distributed Energy Systems—Case Study in a Smart Community, Japan

Liyang Fan, Weijun Gao, Zhu Wang

Department of Architecture, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

DOI: 10.4236/epe.2013.53019                

Abstract

Under the Kyoto Protocol,Japanwas supposed to reduce six percent of the green house gas (GHG) emission in 2012. However, until the year 2010, the statistics suggested that the GHG emission increased 4.2%. What is more challenge is, afterFukushimacrisis, without the nuclear energy,Japanmay produce about 15 percent more GHG emissions than1990 inthis fiscal year. It still has to struggle to meet the target set by Kyoto Protocol. The demonstration area of “smart community” suggests Japanese exploration for new low carbon strategies. The study proposed a demand side response energy system, a dynamic tree-like hierarchical model for smart community. The model not only conveyed the concept of smart grid, but also built up a smart heat energy supply chain by offline heat transport system. Further, this model promoted a collaborative energy utilization mode between the industrial sector and the civil sector. In addition, the research chose the smart community inKitakyushuas case study and executed the model. The simulation and the analysis of the model not only evaluate the environmental effect of different technologies but also suggest that the smart community inJapanhas the potential but not easy to achieve the target, cut down 50% of the CO₂ emission.

Keywords

Smart Community; Demand Side Response; Distributed Energy System; Reutilize Factory Exhaust Heat; Offline Heat Transport System

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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