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Description
It is in urban areas that the demand for heating and cooling demand assumes highest density. At the same time a huge amount of low-grade waste heat is diffused within the urban texture, the largest amount being rejected by airconditioners, cooling systems in industrial processes and tertiary buildings (i.e. dry coolers and wet cooling towers), datacentres’ chillers and supermarkets’ refrigeration systems. Moreover, for historic reasons, cities have born along rivers, lakes and seashores. All these sources make lowtemperature renewable energy available, which utilisation is highly replicable because it is accessible right where it is needed. Having this in mind, the overall objective of REWARDHeat is to demonstrate a new generation of low-temperature district heating and cooling networks, which will be able to recover low-grade renewable and waste heat available at low temperature. Focusing on the exploitation of the energy sources available within the urban context allows to maximize the replicability potential of the decentralized solutions developed in the project. REWARDHeat will promote punctual metering, thermal storage management, network smart control as means to enable and optimise the exploitation of renewable and waste heat in DHC networks. At the same time, this approach permits a change of paradigm with respect to the business models devised: thermal energy will not be seen as a commodity anymore, rather it will be sold as a service to the customers.
Acronym | REWARDHeat |
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Status | Active |
Effective start/end date | 01/10/2019 → 30/09/2024 |
Collaborative partners
- EURAC Research (Joint applicant) (lead)
- IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
- RINA Consulting S.p.a.
- Technology Center CARTIF
- EUROHEAT & POWER
- SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU (UNIZAG)
- Danfoss AS
- Thermaflex International Holding BV
- ENISYST GMBH
Keywords
- Waste heat
- District Heating
- Sector coupling
- Geothermal energy
- Digitisation
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Activities
- 1 Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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7th General Assembly of REWARDHeat project
Meng Yuan (Participant)
10 May 2023 → 11 May 2023Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
Projects
- 1 Finished
Research output
- 1 Review article
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Renewable energy and waste heat recovery in district heating systems in China: A systematic review
Yuan, M., Mathiesen, B. V., Schneider, N., Xia, J., Zheng, W., Sorknæs, P., Lund, H. & Zhang, L., 1 May 2024, In: Energy. 294, 130788.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access
Press/Media
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Lavtemperatur: Gode erfaringer i Albertslund
20/08/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media