This elective module is suitable as a good supplement to the compulsory module MGPM 03 Planning, Modeling. Knowledge of thermal energy systems is expanded using the example of various European research projects.

Diese Wahlpflichtmodul eignet sich als gute Ergänzung zum Pflichtmodul MGPM 03 Planung, Modellierung. Es werden die Kenntnisse über Wärmesysteme am Beispiel verschiedener europäischer Forschungsprojekte erweitert.

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:
Students …
- know the concept of district heating systems

• learn about the potential for urban waste heat recovery in EU27
• identify why awareness is important (of the possibility to recover urban waste heat) and how it can be done
• analyse technical solutions for waste heat reuse in European cities
• analyse transformation strategies for district heating systems

Lehrinhalte

• Introduction of district heating
• The role of urban waste heat recovery in district heating and the mapping of waste heat potential
• The stakeholder and value chain of the urban waste heat recovery, its bankability and the business models
• The ReUseHeat demonstrator in Madrid involving heat recovery from service sector (hospital), the technical characteristics of the recovery system and the lessons learnt
• The experiences, challenges and lessons learnt from the ReUseHeat project case on heat recovery from underground trasport infrastructure.
• The ReUseHeat demonstrator involving waste heat recovery from a datacenter in Braunschweig, the technical characteristics of the recovery system and the lessons learnt.
• REWARDHeat Serious game: Smart networks integrating renewable and waste energy source