TY - GEN A1 - Alves Amorim, Ana Paula A1 - Dorneanu, Bogdan A1 - Valverde Pontes, Karen A1 - Arellano-García, Harvey T1 - A framework for decision-making to encourage utilization of residential distributed energy systems in Brazil T2 - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering N2 - The Distributed Energy Systems (DES) or microgrid arose from the need to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels to generate energy. Reduction of energy losses, reconfiguration of the protection system and reduction of costs, and optimizing the configuration of these systems is recommended. Despite new research in literature, there is still a lack of optimization models that address the Brazilian reality. Therefore, the objective of this work is to introduce a decision-making framework for the design and operation of residential DES that takes into account the particularities of Brazil, based on mixed-integer programming models. The applicability of the framework is tested on a case study of a residential DES of 5 houses, located in Salvador, and used to compare scenarios pre- and post-COVID-19. The results show significant reduction in total annual cost and GHG emissions versus the base case without DES. This indicates that, although the country has a mostly “clean” energy matrix due to the use of hydroelectric plants, DES can enable improvement in residential electricity generation. KW - Distributeed energy systems KW - Microgrid KW - Mixed-integer non-linear programming KW - Net metering Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15274-0.50481-9 SN - 1570-7946 VL - Vol. 52 SP - 3019 EP - 3024 ER -