A thermostatted kinetic theory model for a hybrid multisource system with storage

This paper deals with the modeling of a hybrid energy multisource network composed by a non-renewable energy source and a renewable energy source. The mathematical model is derived within the framework of the thermostatted kinetic theory where the external force field coupled to the thermostat term mimics the construction of the energy storage. The parameters of the mathematical model are set in order to promote the use of the renewable energy source thus improving the quality of the provided energy. A computational analysis is performed to show the emerging phenomena that the model is able to capture. Specifically the computational analysis is mainly addressed to a sensitivity analysis on the switching-source parameters and the transition-energy parameters. Moreover the construction of the energy storage is analyzed by performing a sensitivity analysis on the magnitude of the external force field. Discussions and future research perspectives are postponed to the last section of the paper. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.