 Dynamical modelling and experimental validation of a fast and accurate district heating thermo-hydraulic modular simulation toolA. Dénarié, M. Aprile and M. Motta Energy, 2023, vol. 282, issue C Abstract: This paper presents a new thermo-hydraulic model for district heating systems simulations, which aims at being a fast and accurate tool to simulate highly renewable networks characterized by fluctuating energy profiles. The main novel aspect of the tool lies in the heat transmission modelling over long pipes based on a Lagrangian numerical approach. In comparison to other existing models, this approach significantly reduces computational time and it increases results' accuracy. The elaborated method avoids numerical diffusion in the results and consequently allows proper prediction of temperature propagation, especially in case of fast changes of fluctuating profiles. The tool is built following a modular procedural programming approach in order to facilitate the simulation of multicomponent system. Thanks to its modular structure, every components of the system is built with the same structure that is differently declined according to each component's requirements. In this way, new additional elements' models easily fit the existing ones. Keywords: District heating; Modular modelling; Dynamic simulation; Validation; Monitoring data (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:282:y:2023:i:c:s0360544223017917 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.128397 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
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