District Heating
This special issue belongs to the section "J: Thermal Management".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Heating and cooling make up a substantial share of global final energy consumption. Most of this energy comes from fossil fuels, causing significant emissions. In district heating systems, energy resources that would otherwise be wasted, can be used to meet demands related to space heating, domestic hot water, and other applications. District heating can play a key role in reducing emissions and primary energy consumption. On the other hand, there are challenges in the area of energy efficiency, application in low energy buildings, industrial and domestic application etc. With this in mind, efficient, clean and smart district heating systems are needed to tackle the different challenges.
This Special Issue calls for original research/review manuscripts in the field of district heating.
Prof. Dr. Alemayehu Gebremedhin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- District heating systems
- Modeling
- Heat demand prediction
- Utilization of waste heat
- District heating vs. variable renewable energy sources
- District heating based absorption chillers
- Optimization/simulation
- Combined heat and Power (CHP)
- 4th generation DH
- District heating vs. passive buildings
- Forward/return temperature
- Energy efficiency
- Heat pumps
- Diurnal/seasonal heat storage
- Smart thermal grid
- Policy
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Published Papers
Energies - ISSN 1996-1073