TY - GEN
T1 - Estimating the cost of summer cooling in Bahrain
AU - Bayram, Islam Safak
AU - Al-Qahtani, Muneera
AU - Saffouri, Faraj
AU - Koç, Muammer
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2018/8/27
Y1 - 2018/8/27
N2 - In this paper, we propose a technique to estimate the electrical energy used for air conditioning, and choose Bahrain as a case for the summer period, May to October 2016. The methodology uses the high-resolution electricity demand data gathered from the GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) website. In the first part of the study, we present sample daily load curves for Bahrain. In the second part, we estimate the energy spent for cooling. The primary hypothesis of this paper is that since the power demand in summer days is mainly driven by the cooling load, the difference between the load profiles of the cool days with an average temperature lower than 65 Fahrenheit and the hot days (the remaining ones) gives us the cooling demand with a high accuracy. We estimate that 6.34 TWh of electrical energy is used for cooling during May to October 2016, most of which is consumed during June - September months. Moreover, the results are translated into a total electricity cost of 507.43 million USD. To the best of author's knowledge, this is the first study that quantifies the cost of cooling in Bahrain.
AB - In this paper, we propose a technique to estimate the electrical energy used for air conditioning, and choose Bahrain as a case for the summer period, May to October 2016. The methodology uses the high-resolution electricity demand data gathered from the GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) website. In the first part of the study, we present sample daily load curves for Bahrain. In the second part, we estimate the energy spent for cooling. The primary hypothesis of this paper is that since the power demand in summer days is mainly driven by the cooling load, the difference between the load profiles of the cool days with an average temperature lower than 65 Fahrenheit and the hot days (the remaining ones) gives us the cooling demand with a high accuracy. We estimate that 6.34 TWh of electrical energy is used for cooling during May to October 2016, most of which is consumed during June - September months. Moreover, the results are translated into a total electricity cost of 507.43 million USD. To the best of author's knowledge, this is the first study that quantifies the cost of cooling in Bahrain.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEEEGCC.2017.8448215
DO - 10.1109/IEEEGCC.2017.8448215
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85028504011
SN - 9781538627563
T3 - 2017 9th IEEE-GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCCCE 2017
BT - 2017 9th IEEE-GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCCCE 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 9th IEEE-GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCCCE 2017
Y2 - 8 May 2017 through 11 May 2017
ER -