.Buildings.DHC.Examples.Combined.SeriesConstantFlow

Information

This is a model of a so-called "reservoir network" (Sommer 2020), i.e., a fifth generation district system with unidirectional mass flow rate in the district loop, and energy transfer stations connected in series. In this model, the temperature of the district loop is stabilized through the operation of the plant and the borefield. The main circulation pump has a constant mass flow rate. Each substation takes water from the main district loop and feeds its return water back into the main district loop downstream from the intake. The pipes of the main loop are designed for a pressure drop of dpDis_length_nominal=250 Pa/m at the design flow rate.

References

Sommer T., Sulzer M., Wetter M., Sotnikov A., Mennel S., Stettler C. The reservoir network: A new network topology for district heating and cooling. Energy, Volume 199, 15 May 2020, 117418.

Revisions

• December 12, 2023, by Ettore Zanetti:
  Updated partial class, this is for issue 3431.
• February 23, 2021, by Antoine Gautier:
  Refactored with base classes from the DHC package.
  This is for issue 1769.
• January 12, 2020, by Michael Wetter:
  Added documentation.