Examples for District Heating Transitions in Germany
Despite all good efforts in recent years, district heating in Germany is still very reliant on fossil fuels. The most recent statistics from 2020 show that natural gas accounts for around 44 % of the…
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Hydraulic Challenges in Ultra-Low Temperature District Heating Networks
In our July issue of the heatbeat Research Newsletter, we would like to present a research article that summarizes the hydraulic and thermal challenges of these networks and offers possible solutions…
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Machine Learning Applications in District Heating
In this issue of our newsletter, we want to have a deeper look into this topic to better understand the potential as well as the barriers for applying machine learning techniques to district heating.…
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Transformation of Heating Networks - Integration of Renewable Energy in 4th Generation District Heating Networks
The share of renewable energies in German district heating networks is about 13 % and must be increased rapidly in the next years. In past newsletters, we have already presented some research on this…
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District Heating Research Trends 2022
Like last year, we chose our April newsletter to bring you a special issue with our District Heating Research Trends: an analysis of all scientific district heating research papers published last yea…
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Integration of Heat Pumps in District Heating networks
The substitution of fossil fuels in the heat supply is an essential goal in the energy and heat transition in Germany. The integration of electric heat pumps plays a decisive role in this. This role …
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Overview of Innovation in District Heating
The drive for innovation in the district heating sector is not only at the heart of our work at heatbeat, but also a fundamental motivation for our newsletter, in which we aim to support the dissemin…
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Overview of a German Federal Funding for Efficient District Heating Networks
At the beginning of the new year, we would like to make an exception and not present a scientific paper. In this issue of our newsletter, we instead focus on the draft "Bundesförderung für effiziente…
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Optimal Temperature Control for 5th Generation DHC
While it's clear that low network temperatures are the key to efficient 5th Generation District Heating and Cooling networks, it's less clear at which exact temperatures a given network will achieve …
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