Collaborative Modelling and Co-Simulation for Sector-Coupled Multi-Energy System Analysis with eASiMOV-eCoSim

Author

Hüseyin Kemâl Çakmak, Alexander Kocher, Haozhen Cheng, Jovana Kovačević, Veit Hagenmeyer

Participating institute

Institut für Automation und angewandte Informatik (IAI)

Genre

Sonstiges

Description

eASiMOV-eCoSim presents a novel co-simulation framework for analyzing sector-coupled energy systems, integrating electricity, heat, gas, and mobility domains via Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs) compliant with FMI 3.0. The platform enables collaborative, cross-institutional development of multi-energy models through seamless interoperability with domain-specific tools (e.g., Python, MATLAB®, Modelica). Its primary innovation lies in high-resolution district and urban scale simulation, where individual buildings are represented as multi-physics units with embedded thermodynamics, electrical and thermal devices with controls, and energy conversion systems. These granular building models are dynamically coupled with local heat and electricity distribution networks.
A cloud-native architecture ensures computational scalability and supports the simultaneous co-simulation of a large number of coupled multi-physics models with deterministic synchronization between distributed engineering teams. Its modular design in terms of components and associated controllers facilitates energy system collaboration and provides a solid foundation for the development of innovative models and controllers. eASiMOV-eCoSim is designed for researchers, urban planners, and energy suppliers, to provide a platform to learn, experiment and collaborative development of new models and methods for sector coupled multi-energy system analysis.

Keywords

co-simulation, framework, district, urban, energy system analysis, sector coupling, building, multi-physics model, power grid, heat grid, distribution system, occupancy behavior

Duration (hh:mm:ss)

00:02:20

Published on

02.07.2025

Subject area

Energy engineering

License

KITopen Licence