Owing to the importance of district heating in the Northern European countries, the group also focuses on modeling and prediction problems in central district heating systems. The final objective when considering this problem is, given fluxes and temperature losses in the network, but also the consumption pattern of water consumers, to optimize the water flux and temperature at the central water supply point. For that purpose, it may necessary to forecast both loads and water temperature at critical points of the district heating network.
The research works at DTU Compute, DynSys concentrate on:
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Load forecasting
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Nonlinear modeling of the dynamics of the networks (see Figure below)
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Forecasting of the temperature at critical points
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Model Predictive Control (MPC) by embedding forecasts in existing controllers implemented at the supply point