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A novel approach to district heating and cooling network design based on life cycle cost optimization

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  • Best, Robert E.
  • Rezazadeh Kalehbasti, P.
  • Lepech, Michael D.

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Piping layout, material, and dimension choices are essential in determining the initial capital costs and full operating costs of a district heating and cooling (DHC) network. While common practice aims to minimize initial capital costs or, in some cases, operational costs, this paper introduces a novel method for designing DHC network layouts for minimum total life-cycle cost by introducing additional engineering design parameters related to pipe sizing, heat losses, and pumping energy. The proposed mixed-integer linear programming solution satisfies the thermal and hydraulic constraints on the network while minimizing the objective function of total cost over the lifetime of the network. The method is tested with three case studies. Results show improvement in reducing total life-cycle costs of the network compared to approaches that consider only capital or operating costs and exclude network dimensioning.

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  • Best, Robert E. & Rezazadeh Kalehbasti, P. & Lepech, Michael D., 2020. "A novel approach to district heating and cooling network design based on life cycle cost optimization," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 194(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:194:y:2020:i:c:s0360544219325320
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.116837
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