Part of Smart Energy Systems are Smart Thermal Grids, which enable bidirectional power
flow between prosumers. To facilitate this feature, the network architecture and intelligent …

Prosumer-based district heating networks attract an increasing interest in energy research.
There are numerous publications addressing the prosumer integration into district heating …

In future smart thermal grids, decentralized prosumers shall supply each other over the
network, optimized by an overarching management system. For this, the substation control must …

Prosumer-dominated thermal networks interconnect distributed prosumers. These networks
form the infrastructure that allows to execute the trading of thermal energy as desired in the …

District heating (DH) systems have been identified as an important component in efforts to
mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and achieve climate targets in the near future. Software …

Hot water-based thermal energy storage (TES) tanks are extensively used in heating
applications to provide operational flexibility. Simple yet effective one-dimensional (1-D) tank …

New control strategies for thermal systems and innovative district heating and cooling grids
can help to decarbonize the thermal sector. Before implementing these new concepts, they …

Prosumer-based heat networks are a new concept in district heating systems that uses the
ability of prosumers to operate as either producers or consumers. This type of networks allows …

Control and optimization in smart energy systems rely heavily on mathematical models of
power system engineers. Simultaneously, software engineers that create control and …

The energy flows in prosumer-based based thermal networks are volatile, thus the problem
of dimensioning the network infrastructure is more challenging than in the case of …