Achieving low return temperatures from district heating substations

Applied Energy

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-67

  Gadd, Henrik ^a   Werner, Sven ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

District heating; Fault detection; Hourly meter reading; Low return temperature; Low supply temperature; Temperature difference

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DISTRICT HEATING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEATING EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC UTILITIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WASTE INCINERATION;

AUTOMATIC METER READING SYSTEMS; CONTINUOUS COMMISSIONING; DISTRIBUTION TEMPERATURE; DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM; METER READINGS; PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCES; SUPPLY TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

FAULT DETECTION;

DATA INTERPRETATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEATING; POWER GENERATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 84907790387     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.09.022     Document Type: Article

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