Efficiency increase in a complex cooling system

Optimization of the switch-on sequence of Cooling machines and cooling towers In industry, cooling water systems often consist of several cooling units with different chillers. The energy-efficient operation of such cooling systems is very complex. Simulation tools can provide important assistance at this point. A case study is the historically…

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Extension of district heat supply by integrating renewable energies

Feasibility study of the IAB Weimar In a feasibility study, IAB Weimar used simulations to investigate the extension of the district heating network to the inner-city station district of the city of Gotha in Thuringia. Gotha has two district heating networks (West and Siebleben) with a total of 9,500 connected…

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Heat supply of a new building with well-water

Wärmenutzung unter Berücksichtigung der Bergbauinfrastruktur

Grubenwasser Ruhr Project In the project “Grubenwasser-Ruhr (GW-Ruhr)” the technical, economical and ecological feasibility of a heat supply for a district is analysed.  The participating Chair for Energy Systems and Energy Economics at the Ruhr-University Bochum considers in particular the use of mine water from the existing mining infrastructure. Underground…

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Powerplant operational planning for district heat providers

Daily optimisation of the use of the producer portfolio Daily, Energie AG from Upper Austria is optimizing the use of its producer portfolio, including storage facilities and an additional integration of industrial waste heat. As well as the plant availability, external variables such as electricity prices and heat demand forecasts…

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