Résumé :
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The book opens with an historical overview of district heating (DH) before examining district heating and cooling policies across the globe. Part Two reviews the energy sources and plant technologies, including combined heat and power (CHP), waste-to-energy and biomass, and also includes chapters covering deep geothermal district heating, solar district heating, and district cooling systems. Part Three explores component development, operational efficiency improvement, and planning. This section includes contributions wich analyse new developments in substations for district heating and large-scale thermal energy storage (TES). The final part concludes by reviewing business models and urban planning for heat networks.
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