Modelling and optimising the marginal expansion of an existing district heating network

Axelle Delangle, Romain S.C. Lambert, Nilay Shah, Salvador Acha and Christos N. Markides

Energy, 2017, vol. 140, issue P1, 209-223

Abstract: Although district heating networks have a key role to play in tackling greenhouse gas emissions associated with urban energy systems, little work has been carried out on district heating networks expansion in the literature. The present article develops a methodology to find the best district heating network expansion strategy under a set of given constraints. Using a mixed-integer linear programming approach, the model developed optimises the future energy centre operation by selecting the best mix of technologies to achieve a given purpose (e.g. cost savings maximisation or greenhouse gas emissions minimisation). Spatial expansion features are also considered in the methodology.

Keywords: District heating network expansion; Mixed-integer linear programming; Investment schedule; Low carbon heat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.08.066

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