Journal article
Demand side management in urban district heating networks
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark1
Center for Electric Power and Energy, Centers, Technical University of Denmark2
Energy System Management, Center for Electric Power and Energy, Centers, Technical University of Denmark3
Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark4
Energy and Services, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark5
HOFOR A/S6
This paper proposes a realistic demand side management mechanism in an urban district heating network (DHN) to improve system efficiency and manage congestion issues. Comprehensive models including the circulating pump, the distribution network, the building space heating (SH) and domestic hot water (DHW) demand were employed to support day-ahead hourly energy schedule optimization for district heating substations.
Flexibility in both SH and DHW were fully exploited and the impacts of both weekly pattern and building type were modelled and identified in detail. The energy consumption scheduling problem was formulated for both the individual substations and the district heating operator. Three main features were considered in the formulation: user comfort, the heat market and network congestion.
A case study was performed based on a representative urban DHN with a MW peak thermal load including both residential and commercial buildings. Results show an up to 11% reduction of energy costs. A sensitivity analysis was conducted which provides decision makers with insights into how sensitive the optimum solution is to any changes in energy, user comfort or pumping costs.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2018 |
Pages: | 506-518 |
ISSN: | 18729118 and 03062619 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.08.105 |
ORCIDs: | Cai, Hanmin , Li, Rongling , Ziras, Charalampos , You, Shi and Bindner, Henrik W. |