Waste Heat

The waste heat technology is a technology that supplies waste heat to the district heating system. The amount of waste heat available is defined using a timeseries supplied to the technology. The waste heat is directly used as useful heat in the district heating network.

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

capex

CAPEX cost of technology per unit of

capacity.

0

CHF/kW

float

maintenance_cost

OPEX cost of technology per unit of

capacity.

0

CHF/kW/year

float

lifetime

Expected lifetime of technology before

replacement is required.

25

years

int

timeseries_file_path

Path to file with waste heat timeseries

(in kWh/h)

‘’

—

str

co2_intensity

Carbon-dioxide intensity of technology

output (annual average value).

0

kg CO2/kWh

float

tariff_CHFpkWh

Cost of waste heat

0.01

CHF/kWh

float

interest_rate

Interest rate for computing levelised

costs (if required).

0.025

—

float

The relationship between the in- and outflows is given by

\[\mathtt{v\_h\_wh} \leq \mathtt{v\_h\_resource\_wh}\]

The symbols and names of the flows are

v_h_wh

Outflow Heat