Implementation and optimisation of thermal storage in existing, large-scale district heating networks

District heating networks (DHN) are frequently considered an alternative heating solutions in the energy transition. The implementation of thermal storage in large-scale, existing, district heating networks was researched in this study. Thermal storage was found to enable the incorporation of sustainable heat sources and optimise fuel usage in...

Detecting central heating boiler malfunctions using smart-thermostat data

With the advent of smart thermostats like Toon®, detailed information about operation and usage of central heating boilers has become easily available. However, this information is not used in a systematic way by most companies including Eneco, and the wealth of information within is not available to the users. This has a few drawbacks. For...