Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China's building sector—Modelling and data

S Hu, Y Zhang, Z Yang, D Yan, Y Jiang - Building Simulation, 2022 - Springer
The building sector is one of the largest energy user and carbon emitter globally. To achieve
China's national carbon target, the building sector in China needs to achieve carbon …

A zoned group control of indoor temperature based on MPC for a space heating building

H Wang, S Bo, C Zhu, P Hua, Z Xie, C Xu… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The traditional regulation of district heating (DH) system are mainly based on the central
control in heat plants and/or in the substations. But the end-user control is becoming …

Towards a decarbonised heating and cooling sector in Europe: Unlocking the potential of energy efficiency and district energy

BV Mathiesen, N Bertelsen, NCA Schneider, LS García… - 2019 - vbn.aau.dk
This report takes on an energy system perspective to quantify the benefits of energy
efficiency in the European heating and cooling sector. This holistic approach enables to take …

Field tests on the operational energy consumption of Chinese district heating systems and evaluation of typical associated problems

Y Zhang, J Xia, H Fang, Y Jiang, Z Liang - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Worldwide, China has the largest district heating (DH) area and is also the fastest growing
country. This paper presents field measurement results for operational energy consumption …

Comparison study of thermal comfort and energy saving under eight different ventilation modes for space heating

X Kong, Y Chang, N Li, H Li, W Li - Building Simulation, 2022 - Springer
The relative location of inlets and outlets plays an important role in thermal comfort and
energy conservation under ventilation modes for the building non-uniform indoor …

An intelligent control and regulation strategy aiming at building level heating balance in district heating system

C Sun, L Yuan, Y Chen, S Cao, G Xia, C Qi, X Wu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In district heating system (DHS), hydraulic imbalance has hindered further energy saving,
which results in high energy consumption and meaningless heat loss. This issue is …

Mapping potentials of low-grade industrial waste heat in Northern China

A Luo, H Fang, J Xia, B Lin - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2017 - Elsevier
Low-grade industrial waste heat has drawn great attention in China. A new regulation
concerning low-grade industrial waste heat (IWH) use has been issued by the NDRC …

[HTML][HTML] Return-Temperature Reduction at District Heating Systems: Focus on End-User Sites

Hİ Tol, HB Madessa - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
This review presents a comprehensive examination of recent advancements and findings
related to return-temperature reduction in District Heating (DH) systems, with a focus on …

An energy performance assessment method for district heating substations based on energy disaggregation

X Lin, Z Tian, Y Lu, J Niu, Y Cao - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Comprehensive assessment and diagnosis of the energy performance of district heating
(DH) substations are important for the energy efficiency enhancement of DH. However, one …

Policy on energy consumption of district heating in northern China: Historical evidence, stages, and measures

A Luo, J Xia - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Energy consumption in residential heating is significant to realizing building energy savings
and emission reductions. There are the largest heating markets formed in northern China …