Methodological provisions to the formation and the ensuring of efficiency and reliability of district-distributed heating systems

This study proposes a methodology for solving two problems of optimal development of district heating systems: analysis of efficiency areas and reliability of heat supply. In solving both problems, we adopt a nodal approach, which allows us to get detailed results that are most suitable to the real-world conditions. Based on the proposed methods and models, we develop an algorithm for transforming existing district heating systems into district-distributed heating systems with prosumers implemented into the network to serve the loads that fall outside the range of efficient operation of a district heating system. Wherein, the distributed sector is formed based on a prosumer that has its own generation, covering part of its own heat load and providing an additional functional and time redundancy for the system. As a result, conclusions and directions for further research are formulated.