Modeling and Simulation Tools for Smart Local Energy Systems: A Review with a Focus on Emerging Closed Ecological Systems’ Application
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The growing importance of microgrids—linking buildings with distributed energy resources and storage—is driving the evolution of Smart Local Energy Systems (SLESs). These systems require advanced modeling and simulations to address growing complexity, decentralization, and interoperability. This review presents an analysis of commonly used environments and methods applied in the design and operation of SLESs. Particular emphasis is placed on their capabilities for multi-domain integration, predictive control, and smart automation. A novel contribution is the identification of Closed Ecological Systems (CES) and Life Support Systems (LSSs)—fully or semi-isolated environments designed to sustain human life through autonomous recycling of air, water, and other resources—as promising new application domains for SLES technologies. This review explores how concepts developed for building and energy systems, such as demand-side management, IoT-based monitoring, and edge computing, can be adapted to CES/LSS contexts, which demand isolation, autonomy, and high reliability. Challenges related to model integration, simulation scalability, and the bidirectional transfer of technologies and modeling between Earth-based and space systems are discussed. This paper concludes with a SWOT analysis and a roadmap for future research. This work lays the foundation for developing sustainable, intelligent, and autonomous energy infrastructures—both terrestrial and extraterrestrial.
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OpenAlex topics: Integrated Energy Systems Optimization · Smart Grid Energy Management · Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
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Department of Power Electronics and Energy Control Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Krakow, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
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