Publication
Title
A new test procedure to evaluate the performance of substations for collective heating systems
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Abstract
The overall heat demand of a single dwelling, existing out of space heating and domestic hot water production, decreases due to higher insulation rates. Because of this, investing in efficient and renewable heat generation becomes less interesting. Therefore, to incorporate renewables or residual heat on a larger scale, district heating or collective heating systems grow in importance. Within this set-up, the substation is responsible for the interaction between local demand for comfort and overall energy performance of the collective heating system. Many different configurations of substations exist, which influence both local comfort and central system performance. Next to that, also hybrids exist with additional local energy input. To evaluate performance of such substations, a new experimental-based test procedure is developed in order to evaluate these different aspects, characterized by the two roles a substation has, namely as heat generator and as heat consumer. The advantage of this approach is that an objective comparison between individual and central systems regarding performance on delivering local comfort can be executed experimentally. The lab set-up consists out of three different subsystems, namely the central system, the domestic hot water consumption and the local space heating. The central system can work with different temperature regimes and control strategies, as these aspects have proven to have the largest influence on actual performance. The domestic hot water system is able to generate similar tap profiles according to eco-design regulation for domestic hot water generation. The space heating system is able to demand a modular heat load.
Language
English
Source (journal)
E3S Web of Conferences
Source (book)
International Conference on Advances in Energy Systems and Environmental Engineering (ASEE17), July 2-5, 2017, Wroclaw, Poland, / Kazmierczak, B. [edit.]
Source (series)
E3S Web of Conferences ; 22
Publication
Cedex a : E d p sciences , 2017
ISSN
2267-1242
DOI
10.1051/E3SCONF/20172200006
Volume/pages
22 (2017) , 8 p.
Article Reference
00006
UNSP 00006
ISI
000417352100006
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Creation 07.11.2017
Last edited 09.10.2023
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