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SBS Lab Member Saranya Anbarasu to Present Research at SimBuild 2024

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We are excited to have Saranya Anbarasu present her poster on “Optimization Operational Costs in Combined Heat and Power Integrated District Heating Systems: A Reinforcement Learning Approach.” This poster shows the application of cutting-edge AI technology to complex district energy systems. This is the outcome of our DOE project “Optimal Co-Design of Integrated Thermal-Electrical Networks and Control Systems for Grid-Interactive Efficient District (GED) Energy Systems.” This research was co-authored with current lab members Rosina Adhikari, Katy Hinkelman, Zhanwei Hu, and former lab members Ardeshir Moftakhari and Tanmay Ambadkar.

We are so excited to see our lab members presenting their work. To see a summary of the presentation and details for where it will be held follow this link.

SBS Lab Member Saranya Anbarasu Receives Marlene & Joseph Borda Architectural Engineering Graduates Travel Fellowship.

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Congratulations to SBS lab member Saranya Anbarasu on receiving the Marlene & Joseph Borda Architectural Engineering Graduates Travel Fellowship. This fellowship is supporting her to present her paper “Optimizing Operational Costs in Combined Heat and Power Integrated District Heating Systems: A Reinforcement Learning Approach” at IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2024 Conference in Denver, Colorado. We appreciate all the generous donors for supporting the lab members to have these experiences.

Saranya’s paper is joint research of Tanmay Ambadkar, Rosina Adhikari, Kathryn Hinkleman, Zhanwei He, and Ardeshir Moftakhari from our DOE project.

SBS Lab Member Saranya Anbarasu Passes Her Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam

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Congratulations to SBS lab member Saranya Anbarasu on passing her Ph.D. comprehensive exam. Her research is focused on developing innovative models for integrated community energy systems. She has worked on multiple U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Science Foundation (NSF) projects on community energy systems and smart & connected communities. She has published papers and developed Modelica models for community energy systems, which have been publicly released in the open source Modelica Buildings Library (MBL).

SBS Lab Members Katy Hinkelman and Saranya Anbarasu Publishes Paper

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SBS lab members Katy Hinkelman and Saranya Anbarasu published a paper applying innovative solutions to building decarbonization. In the newly published paper by Energy and Buildings, they applied ecological network analysis (ENA) for buildings. Exergy is proposed as the best for ENA dynamic systems with multiple types of energy. They also demonstrate how ENA can add novel complex network information for buildings.

They then performed case studies to redesign the heating and cooling systems for an office and data center, coupling the systems together via ambient-loop district energy. These redesigns achieved 84% heating/cooling energy savings. The paper can be accessed freely until January 24, 2024 at this link.

Opensource Modelica models related to this work have been publicly released at:

  1. Modelica Buildings Library (MBL): https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/
  2. Biomimetic Integrated Community Energy and Power Systems (BICEPS) Library: https://sites.psu.edu/sbslab/tools/biceps-library/

This research led by Katy Hinkelman and Saranya Anbarasu at Penn State University is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) IBUILD program and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Other related papers can be found at this link.

 

Lab Member Saranya Anbarasu Becomes Modelica Buildings Library Developer

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With the release of Modelica Buildings Library v10.0.0, lab member Saranya Anbarasu became a model developer for the Modelica Buildings Library, an open-source modeling repository for building and district energy systems and controls that is managed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Congratulations to Saranya for achieving this role! As part of the GED Research Project, Saranya contributed a numerically efficient pressure-reducing valve for steam heating systems. She also made improvements to several steam district heating models for fast and accurate simulation of these large-scale thermofluid systems. We are excited to see all of the contributions she will make continue to make towards the Modelica Buildings Library. To learn more about our lab’s work with the Modelica Buildings Library click here.

Saranya Anbarasu Receives 2023 ASHRAE Travel Grant

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Congratulations to SBS Lab PhD student Saranya Anbarasu for receiving ASHRAE’s Student Travel Grant to attend their 2023 Winter Conference in Atlanta! Saranya is one of only five award recipients this year.

Saranya uses advanced modeling techniques to explore dependencies between critical infrastructure systems, such as transportation, water, and electrical systems. She also works on optimizing design and controls for district heating and cooling systems. To learn more about Saranya’s work, you can visit her SBS lab page here. Congrats again, Saranya!