Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analyses of a District Heating (DH) Network from Both Thermal Plant and End-Users’ Prospective: An Italian Case Study

District heating (DH) is an alternative technology to Individual Heating (IH) for satisfying end-user’s needs. This paper assesses the competitiveness of a DH network in the center of Italy from energy, environmental, and economic points of view considering both thermal power plant and end-users’ si...

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Autores principales:	Erica Corradi, Mosè Rossi, Alice Mugnini, Anam Nadeem, Gabriele Comodi, Alessia Arteconi, Danilo Salvi
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	cogeneration plant district heating network economic analysis energy efficiency environmental analysis heat pump Technology T
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:011f3b00b10a4988be49110da15dcde32021-11-25T17:28:44ZEnergy, Environmental, and Economic Analyses of a District Heating (DH) Network from Both Thermal Plant and End-Users’ Prospective: An Italian Case Study10.3390/en142277831996-1073https://doaj.org/article/011f3b00b10a4988be49110da15dcde32021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/22/7783https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1073District heating (DH) is an alternative technology to Individual Heating (IH) for satisfying end-user’s needs. This paper assesses the competitiveness of a DH network in the center of Italy from energy, environmental, and economic points of view considering both thermal power plant and end-users’ sides. On the thermal power plant side, the energy analysis considers the Primary Energy Saving (PES) and the specific energy (E<sub>sp</sub>) of the fuel actually exploited in the thermal power plant compared to its Low Heating Value (LHV), while the environmental analysis considers the avoided CO<sub>2</sub> and the economic analysis considers the Energy Efficiency Certificates (EECs). Results showed that the current thermal power plant configuration with two boilers and a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) unit reaches a yearly PES of 21.3% as well as 1099 tCO<sub>2</sub> avoided. From the economic analysis of the thermal power plant side, 829 EECs with an economic return of 207,222€ are obtained, while from the end-users’ side the DH network is cheaper than IH in 84.7% of the cases. Further technologies are also studied to enhance the CHP unit flexibility.Erica CorradiMosè RossiAlice MugniniAnam NadeemGabriele ComodiAlessia ArteconiDanilo SalviMDPI AGarticlecogeneration plantdistrict heating networkeconomic analysisenergy efficiencyenvironmental analysisheat pumpTechnologyTENEnergies, Vol 14, Iss 7783, p 7783 (2021)
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spellingShingle	cogeneration plant district heating network economic analysis energy efficiency environmental analysis heat pump Technology T Erica Corradi Mosè Rossi Alice Mugnini Anam Nadeem Gabriele Comodi Alessia Arteconi Danilo Salvi Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analyses of a District Heating (DH) Network from Both Thermal Plant and End-Users’ Prospective: An Italian Case Study
description	District heating (DH) is an alternative technology to Individual Heating (IH) for satisfying end-user’s needs. This paper assesses the competitiveness of a DH network in the center of Italy from energy, environmental, and economic points of view considering both thermal power plant and end-users’ sides. On the thermal power plant side, the energy analysis considers the Primary Energy Saving (PES) and the specific energy (E<sub>sp</sub>) of the fuel actually exploited in the thermal power plant compared to its Low Heating Value (LHV), while the environmental analysis considers the avoided CO<sub>2</sub> and the economic analysis considers the Energy Efficiency Certificates (EECs). Results showed that the current thermal power plant configuration with two boilers and a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) unit reaches a yearly PES of 21.3% as well as 1099 tCO<sub>2</sub> avoided. From the economic analysis of the thermal power plant side, 829 EECs with an economic return of 207,222€ are obtained, while from the end-users’ side the DH network is cheaper than IH in 84.7% of the cases. Further technologies are also studied to enhance the CHP unit flexibility.
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author	Erica Corradi Mosè Rossi Alice Mugnini Anam Nadeem Gabriele Comodi Alessia Arteconi Danilo Salvi
author_facet	Erica Corradi Mosè Rossi Alice Mugnini Anam Nadeem Gabriele Comodi Alessia Arteconi Danilo Salvi
author_sort	Erica Corradi
title	Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analyses of a District Heating (DH) Network from Both Thermal Plant and End-Users’ Prospective: An Italian Case Study
title_short	Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analyses of a District Heating (DH) Network from Both Thermal Plant and End-Users’ Prospective: An Italian Case Study
title_full	Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analyses of a District Heating (DH) Network from Both Thermal Plant and End-Users’ Prospective: An Italian Case Study
title_fullStr	Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analyses of a District Heating (DH) Network from Both Thermal Plant and End-Users’ Prospective: An Italian Case Study
title_full_unstemmed	Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analyses of a District Heating (DH) Network from Both Thermal Plant and End-Users’ Prospective: An Italian Case Study
title_sort	energy, environmental, and economic analyses of a district heating (dh) network from both thermal plant and end-users’ prospective: an italian case study
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/011f3b00b10a4988be49110da15dcde3
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Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analyses of a District Heating (DH) Network from Both Thermal Plant and End-Users’ Prospective: An Italian Case Study

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