Oil Boiler Central Plant

The oil boiler central plant is a large-Scale oil boiler attached to the district heating network. It converts oil 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	kW	str
hv_oil_MJpkg	heating value of heating oil	42.9	MJ/kg	float
eta	Efficiency of the oil boiler in converting oil to heat	0.85	—	float
oil_price_CHFpl	Oil price	1	CHF/l	float
co2_intensity	Carbon-dioxide intensity of technology output (annual average value).	0.301	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	float
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

\[\mathtt{v\_h\_obcp} = \mathtt{eta} \cdot \mathtt{u\_oil\_obcp}\]

The symbols and names of the flows are

u_oil_obcp	Inflow Oil
v_h_obcp	Outflow Heat