Decarbonization and Faster Natural Gas Phase-Out for District Heating
For a case study on Denmark, Siddique et al. investigated the Impacts of earlier natural gas phase-out & heat-saving policies on district heating and the energy system. They come to the conclusion th…
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Demand Estimation and Optimization of Domestic Hot Water Supply in District Heating Networks
The article A methodology to estimate space heating and domestic hot water energy demand profile in residential buildings from low-resolution heat meter data by D. Leiria et al. presents a new method…
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Merry Christmas and a good start into 2023!
Looking back on 2022, we want to take this chance to thank you for the exciting projects and conversations as well as for your interest in our blog! The entire heatbeat team wishes you a Merry Christ…
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Topology Optimization, Pump Control, and Fault Pattern Detection for District Heating
Published just a few days ago, Wack et al. describe an Economic topology optimization of District Heating Networks using a pipe penalization approach. This work builds on a previous paper by the same…
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New Business Models for District Heating Networks
For the successful transformation of existing district heating infrastructures to innovative district heating systems, it is not only the technical aspects that are crucial. It is also important that…
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Waste Heat for existing and new Buildings via Ultra-Low Temperature District Heating in Shamrockpark Herne
In issue 9/22 of the magazine EUROHEAT&POWER an article about the use of our heatbeat Digital Twin in the Shamrockpark in Herne has been published. We are happy to make this article also available to…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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