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Energy Reports, 2021 The goal of this work is to present challenges and opportunities for the development of 4th generation district heating in future decarbonized scenarios for the Italian city of Milano. The work has been developed in the framework of a Climate-KIC project
Marianna Pozzi +5 more
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Planning of district heating regions in Estonia
International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, 2020 It is quite evident that district heating networks will continue to be developed in order to complete their transition towards the 4th generation district heating by decreasing heat losses, increasing the share of renewable and waste heat sources, and ...
Anna Volkova +3 more
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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment scenarios for a district heating network. An Italian case study
Energy Reports, 2021 District heating networks have present and future great potential in decarbonization and in general for improving the environmental profile of the European building sector. It is due to the integration of solar-thermal energy and other renewable sources,
Jacopo Famiglietti +6 more
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Numerical Model for the Analysis of Thermal Transients in District Heating Networks [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 As District Heating (DH) networks are experiencing an evolution towards the so-called 4th generation, there is a need to update the currently used models to take into account the ever-increasing complexity of this technology.
Capone Martina +2 more
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Pursuing More Sustainable Consumption by Analyzing Household Metabolism in European Countries and Cities [PDF]
, 2005 Bringing about more sustainable consumption patterns is an important challenge for society and science. In this article the concept of household metabolism is applied to analyzing consumption patterns and to identifying possibilities for the development ...
Biesiot +30 more
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District Power-To-Heat/Cool Complemented by Sewage Heat Recovery [PDF]
, 2019 District heating and cooling (DHC), when combined with waste or renewable energy sources, is an environmentally sound alternative to individual heating and cooling systems in buildings.
Aprile, Marcello +8 more
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Feasibility of a booster for DHW circulation in apartment buildings
Energy Reports, 2021 With increasing focus on the performance of district heating systems, a concept is developed to obtain low district heating return temperatures from domestic hot water systems with a high share of circulation loss. For these systems, it is challenging to
Jan Eric Thorsen +4 more
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Commitment and Dispatch of Heat and Power Units via Affinely Adjustable Robust Optimization [PDF]
, 2015 The joint management of heat and power systems is believed to be key to the integration of renewables into energy systems with a large penetration of district heating.
Madsen, Henrik +2 more
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Transition to the 4th generation district heating - possibilities, bottlenecks, and challenges
Energy Procedia, 2018 Abstract The 4th generation district heating (DH) will be available in the coming years. However, the transition from the current 2nd or 3rd generation DH is a challenging task. This article reviewed the technical issues associated with the transition: supplying low temperature to buildings, integrating various heat sources and thermal storages, and ...
Li, Haoran, Nord, Natasa
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International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, 2020 District heating (DH) is considered an important component in a future highly renewable European energy system. With the turn towards developing 4th generation district heating (4GDH), the integral role of district heating in fully renewable energy ...
Kristine Askeland +2 more
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