Abstract
Developing a new district heating system requires making decisions affecting entire range of following activities and wellness of the system. The article presents methodics of choosing optimal location and crucial customers with three approaches to optimisation process, discuss obtained results and obstacles. Further improvements and potential applications are named.
Highlights
Establishing a new, local district heating (DH) network is a complex and long-lasting project, including cooperation and communication with both local community and individual potential heat receivers
2.2.2 Minimizing the heat transferred over given distance [GJkm] pipes: The equation (3) objective is to pick heat receivers, which are supposed to be connected to the pipeline
It was necessary to introduce an additional constraint which will ensure that the algorithm will always connect some number of buildings. This constraint is given in Eq 9, where N is the minimal number of connected heat receivers
Summary
Establishing a new, local district heating (DH) network is a complex and long-lasting project, including cooperation and communication with both local community and individual potential heat receivers. Presented article describes an algorithm useful in the first stages of designing a DH network. The algorithm may support decision making and developing conceptual network’s framework. The tool was primary developed to help owners of the biogas plants to increase waste heat utilisation, it is fully applicable for any other DH heat source
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