1 code implementation • 2 Apr 2024 • Max Rose, Hannes Gernandt, Juan E. Machado, Johannes Schiffer
The transformation of fossil fuel-based district heating grids (DHGs) to CO$_2$-neutral DHGs requires the development of novel operating strategies.
no code implementations • 20 May 2023 • Felix Strehle, Juan E. Machado, Michele Cucuzzella, Albertus J. Malan, Jacquelien M. A. Scherpen, Sören Hohmann
A fundamental precondition for the secure and efficient operation of district heating networks (DHNs) is a stable hydraulic behavior.
no code implementations • 2 Jun 2022 • Juan E. Machado, Joel Ferguson, Michele Cucuzzella, Jacquelien M. A. Scherpen
Modern district heating technologies have a great potential to make the energy sector more flexible and sustainable due to their capabilities to use energy sources of varied nature and to efficiently store energy for subsequent use.
no code implementations • 11 Mar 2021 • Juan E. Machado, Michele Cucuzzella, Nina Pronk, Jacquelien M. A. Scherpen
Flow and storage volume regulation is essential for the adequate transport and management of energy resources in district heating systems.
no code implementations • 10 Nov 2020 • Juan E. Machado, Michele Cucuzzella, Jacquelien Scherpen
We propose a comprehensive nonlinear ODE-based thermo-hydraulic model of a district heating system featuring several heat producers, consumers and storage devices which are interconnected through a distribution network of meshed topology whose temperature dynamics are explicitly considered.