Design Space for Heat Network Systems

Design Space for Heat Network Systems: Learning from the Electricity, Gas, Water and Wastewater Network Systems

Sharma, Abhinav (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)

Stikkelman, Rob (mentor)
Correlje, Aad (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Complex Systems Engineering and Management (CoSEM)

2019-08-30

As a move away from the natural gas based heating, the Dutch government identified district heating networks as most economical alternative to the natural gas. However, the future plans for the district heating sector have faced challenge on the question of the design of heat market and management of factors such as ownership, network access, tariffs and pricing. This thesis draws learning from the existing networks of Electricity, Gas, Water and Wastewater for formulating the design space of the heat network.

systems thinking
design space exploration
comparison
District heating

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Student theses

master thesis

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