Gas Boiler Central Plant

The gas boiler central plant is a large-Scale gas boiler attached to the district heating network. It converts gas into useful heat.

Attribute	Description	Standard value	Unit	Data type
deployment	If set to ‘true’, the technology will be considered in the energy system model (this does not necessarily mean it will be used). Only relevant for optimisation.	False	—	bool
kW_th_max	Maximum thermal power output	inf	Maximum thermal capacity	str
hv_gas_MJpkg	heating value of gas in MJ per kg	46	MJ/kg	float
eta	Conversion efficiency from gas to heat	0.9	—	float
gas_price_CHFpkWh		0.13	CHF/kWh	float
co2_intensity	Carbon-dioxide intensity of technology output (annual average value).	0.228	kg CO2/kWh	float
lifetime	Expected lifetime of technology before replacement is required.	25	years	int
interest_rate	Interest rate for computing levelised costs (if required).	0.025	—	float
capex	CAPEX cost of technology per unit of capacity.	2000	CHF/kW	int
maintenance_cost	OPEX cost of technology per unit of capacity.	1.26	CHF/kW/year	float

The relationship between the in- and outflows is given by

\[\mathtt{v\_h\_gbcp} = \mathtt{eta} \cdot \mathtt{u\_gas\_gbcp}\]

The symbols and names of the flows are

u_gas_gbcp	Inflow Gas
v_h_gbcp	Outflow Heat