Lower Supply Temperatures, Heat Pumps, 5GDHC and Resilient Cooling
In Reduction of supply temperature in existing district heating: A review of strategies and implementations, Guelpa et al. take a structured approach to the challenge of reducing supply temperatures …
2022/09/26
Blog
Overview of BEW Subsidies for Heat Pumps in District Heating
The new German federal funding scheme Bundesförderung für effiziente Wärmenetze (BEW) ("Federal funding for efficient district heating networks") has started September 15, 2022. We had already summar…
2022/09/07
Newsletter
Hydraulic Configurations for Implemented Low-Temperature District Heating Networks
In the 23rd issue of the heatbeat Research Newsletter we present an article by Sven Werner (Halmstadt University, Department of Energy and Construction Engineering). The article Network configuration…
2022/08/03
Newsletter
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…
2022/07/06
Newsletter
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…
2022/06/01
Newsletter
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.…
2022/05/04
Newsletter
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…
2022/04/06
Newsletter
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…
2022/03/02
Newsletter
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 …
