Thermal energy storage in district heating and cooling systems: A review

E Guelpa, V Verda - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermal storage facilities ensure a heat reservoir for optimally tackling dynamic
characteristics of district heating systems: heat and electricity demand evolution, changes of …

Controlling district heating and cooling networks to unlock flexibility: A review

A Vandermeulen, B van der Heijde, L Helsen - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Flexibility in district heating and cooling systems (thermal networks in general) is an
important means to cope with the intermittent generation of heat and electricity as the share …

Integration of flexibility potentials of district heating systems into electricity markets: A review

H Golmohamadi, KG Larsen, PG Jensen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing the penetration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES), eg wind and solar,
intermittency and volatility of the supply-side are increasing in power systems worldwide …

Thermal energy storage in district heating: Centralised storage vs. storage in thermal inertia of buildings

D Romanchenko, J Kensby, M Odenberger… - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Heat load variations in district heating systems lead to increased costs for heat generation
and, in most cases, increased greenhouse gas emissions associated with the marginal use …

Analysis of the integration of photovoltaic excess into a 5th generation district heating and cooling system for network energy storage

G Quirosa, M Torres, R Chacartegui - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 5th Generation District Heating and Cooling systems are promising technologies for
using and storing renewable energy generation excess. An annual simulation using data of …

Operational optimization in district heating systems with the use of thermal energy storage

M Leśko, W Bujalski, K Futyma - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this document is to present the topic of operational optimization in District Heating
(DH) systems, with special focus on different kinds of thermal energy storage. An …

Flexibility in thermal grids: A review of short-term storage in district heating distribution networks

J Hennessy, H Li, F Wallin, E Thorin - Energy Procedia, 2019 - Elsevier
Future energy systems need to be more flexible. The use of cross-sector coupling in
combination with thermal storage in thermal grids has been shown to provide such flexibility …

Temperature control of a low-temperature district heating network with Model Predictive Control and Mixed-Integer Quadratically Constrained Programming

D Hering, ME Cansev, E Tamassia, A Xhonneux… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
District heating networks transport thermal energy from one or more sources to a plurality of
consumers. Lowering the operating temperatures of district heating networks is a key …

Energy flexibility potential of a small district connected to a district heating system

KM Luc, R Li, L Xu, TR Nielsen, JLM Hensen - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
The flexibility of thermal energy systems can support the energy system as a whole in
integrating a large share of fluctuating renewable energy sources. The current paper …

Increasing the energy flexibility of existing district heating networks through flow rate variations

J Vivian, D Quaggiotto, A Zarrella - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The possibility of recovering waste and renewable heat in urban areas has made district
heating networks one of the key infrastructures for decarbonising the heating sector in …