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Energy performance and sizing criteria of 5th generation district heating and cooling networks as a function of the heat distribution temperature

This study shows how the heat supply in historic city centres can be converted to district heating.

Seen as competing or synergetic strategies for the implementation of the efficiency first principle

See how the R-ACES project has established waste energy cooperation in European industrial clusters.

Challenges in sector coupling for increased solar and wind power production in Sweden.

By combining key results and lessons learned from the EU project Reuseheat, this article outlines the frontier of urban waste heat recovery research and practice in 2022.

This study proposes to solve the optimal pipe routing problem as a non-linear topology optimization problem, drawing inspiration from density-based topology optimization.

Using data from smart energy meters to gain knowledge about households connected to the district heating network: A Danish case

This paper compares the source to sink efficiencies of hydrogen-based heat supply system to a district heating system operating on the same primary energy source.

This paper presents revised and clarified steps for the calculation of district heating CO2 emission factors.

A categorization of the development in district cooling from origin to future prospect

In order to enable excess heat producers to supply their heat to district heating, third-party access needs to be granted, which calls for a deregulated heat market.

District energy systems are one of those infrastructures that can provide superior resilience compared to individual systems.

In this paper, we have developed an economic assessment model for the integration of urban heat sources into existing district heating systems.

This paper discusses the integration of sub-LTDHNs into the return flow of existing HTDHNs, thereby creating an energy cascade and thus lowering the overall system temperatures of the HTDHN.

This article reviews the challenges confronted by such integration, investigating the technical and non-technical difficulties associated with the exploitation of solar thermal, waste heat, geothermal, and biomass energy sources into district heating systems.

This paper provides a coherent review of district heating in Denmark, exploring past, present and future perspectives.

This study describes the main methodological approaches to Label assignment and calculation, as well as the most critical aspects of the system implementation in Estonia.

This paper addresses economic aspects of heat savings in the context of strategic heat planning.

In district heating (DH) systems, the time of use of energy is becoming more important. For example, the use of sustainable baseload units over peak units is favored. Also heat production units coupled to the electricity grid, such as cogeneration plants and heat pumps, can profit from fluctuating prices and balance the electricity network at the same time.

For decades the focus of district heating (DH) has been on energy efficiency and minimum operating temperatures. This quest for continuous efficiency improvements led to the modern 4th generation of DH (4GDH), operating at lowest possible temperature for direct utilization by end-user.