Key district heating technologies for building energy flexibility: A review

Y Guo, S Wang, J Wang, T Zhang, Z Ma… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the background of the continued integration of renewable energy sources (RES) and the
increasing flexibility on the demand side, the diversity and complexity of new technologies …

Optimization models for the cost-effective design and operation of renewable-integrated energy systems

JK Kim, H Park, S Kim, J Lee, Y Song, SC Yi - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Novel and simple optimization methods have been developed for the cost-effective design
and operation of domestic and commercial energy systems when energy consumers have …

The state of district heating and cooling in Europe-A literature-based assessment

V Munćan, I Mujan, D Macura, AS Anđelković - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
District heating and cooling systems have been present on the European market for more
than a century, constantly evolving into more efficient energy infrastructures important for …

Future district heating systems and technologies: On the role of smart energy systems and 4th generation district heating

H Lund, N Duic, PA Østergaard, BV Mathiesen - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper provides a perspective on the development of future district heating systems and
technologies and their role in future smart energy systems. The reviewed papers elaborate …

Develo** novel 5th generation district energy networks

A Revesz, P Jones, C Dunham, G Davies, C Marques… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Integrated smartly controlled energy networks have the potential to deliver significant
reductions in carbon emissions, improve air quality and reduce energy costs for end-users …

[HTML][HTML] Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of integration of thermal energy storage into district heating systems using waste heat from data centres

H Li, J Hou, T Hong, Y Ding, N Nord - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Data centres produce waste heat, which can be utilized in district heating systems. However,
the mismatch between data centres' heat supply and district heating systems' heat demands …

The reservoir network: A new network topology for district heating and cooling

T Sommer, M Sulzer, M Wetter, A Sotnikov, S Mennel… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermal district networks are effective solutions to substitute fossil fuels with renewable
energy sources for heating and cooling. Moreover, thermal networking of buildings allows …

Optimal design of a 5th generation district heating and cooling network based on seawater heat pumps

F Calise, FL Cappiello, L Cimmino… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents the design and the thermo-economic optimization of a novel layout of a
5th generation district heating and cooling network, for a residential district located in the …

[HTML][HTML] Optimize heat prosumers' economic performance under current heating price models by using water tank thermal energy storage

H Li, J Hou, Z Tian, T Hong, N Nord, D Rohde - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to heat prosumers' dual roles of heat producer and heat consumer, the future district
heating (DH) systems will become more flexible and competitive. However, the current …

Heat pump efficiency in fifth generation ultra-low temperature district heating networks using a wastewater heat source

T Reiners, M Gross, L Altieri, HJ Wagner, V Bertsch - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultra-low district heating (ULTDH) networks are operated at temperatures below 30° C.
However, the temperatures supplied are still too low for direct heating of the consumers …