Strategy and philosophy of district heating systems control

Abstract

The District Heating Systems (OHS) are being developed in large cities in accordance with their growth. The OHS are formed by enlarging networks of heat distribution to consumers and at the same time they interconnect the heat sources gradually built. OHS is used in larger cities of some European countries e.g. in Germany, France, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland and others. Production technology of heat by means of combined production of power and heat (CHP) is an important way to increasing of thermal efficiency of closed thermal loop. The paper shows the system access to the control of extensive OHS-controlled plant. It concerns automatic control of technological string "production, transport + distribution, consumption" of extensive district heating and that is the contribution of this paper. Control by means of advanced control algorithms is a tool (up to now neglect) for decreasing cost of energy and increasing the level of environment protection. © 2003 IFAC.