District Heating Network Design and Configuration Optimization with Genetic Algorithm

In this paper, the configuration of a district heating network which connects from the heating plant to the end users is optimized. Each end user in the network represents a building block. The connections between the heat generation plant and the end users are represented with mixed integer...

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Main Authors: Hongwei Li, Svend Svendsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SDEWES Centre 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
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Online Access: http://www.sdewes.org/jsdewes/pi2013.01.0022