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Port-Hamiltonian Modeling of Hydraulics in 4th Generation District Heating Networks

Strehle, Felix ORCID iD icon 1; Machado, Juan E.; Cucuzzella, Michele; Malan, Albertus J. ORCID iD icon 1; Scherpen, Jacquelien M. A.; Hohmann, Sören 1
1 Institut für Regelungs- und Steuerungssysteme (IRS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract (englisch):

In this paper, we use elements of graph theory and port-Hamiltonian systems to develop a modular dynamic model describing the hydraulic behavior of 4th generation district heating networks. In contrast with earlier generation networks with a single or few heat sources and pumps, newer installations will prominently feature distributed heat generation units, bringing about a number of challenges for the control and stable operation of these systems, e.g., flow reversals and interactions
among pumps controllers, which may lead to severe oscillations. We focus thus on flexible system setups with an arbitrary number of distributed heat sources and end-users interconnected through a meshed, multi-layer distribution network of pipes. Moreover, differently from related works on the topic, we incorporate dynamic models for the pumps in the system and explicitly account for the presence of pressure holding units. By inferring suitable (power-preserving) interconnection ports,
we provide a number of claims about the passivity properties of the overall, interconnected system, which proves to be highly beneficial in the design of decentralized control schemes and stability analyses.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000150634
Veröffentlicht am 23.09.2022
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Regelungs- und Steuerungssysteme (IRS)
Publikationstyp Forschungsbericht/Preprint
Publikationsjahr 2022
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator KITopen-ID: 1000150634
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