TY - GEN A1 - Sakkas, Nikolaos Panagiotis A1 - Roger, Abang T1 - Thermal load prediction of communal district heating systems by applying data-driven machine learning methods T2 - Energy Reports N2 - Load forecasting is an essential part of the operational management of combined heat and electrical power units, since a reliable hour- and day-ahead estimation of their thermal and electrical load can significantly improve their technical and economic performance, as well as their reliability. Among different types of prediction techniques, data-driven machine learning methods appear to be more suitable for load estimation in operational systems, compared to the classical forward approach. Research so far has been concentrated mainly on the magnitude of buildings with single load types. It has only been extended to a limited degree on the level of a district heating network where several end users with different characteristics merge into one bigger scale heat consumer (city or group of communities). In this study, artificial neural networks are utilized, to develop a load prediction model for district heating networks. A segmented analytical multi-phase approach is employed, to gradually optimize the predictor by varying the characteristics of the input variables and the structure of the neural network. The comparison against the load prediction time series generated by a local communal energy supplier using a commercial software reveals that, although the latter is enhanced by manual human corrections, the optimized fully automatic predictors developed in the present study generate a more reliable load forecast. Y1 - 2022 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484721015213 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.12.082 SN - 2352-4847 VL - 8 SP - 1883 EP - 1895 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Katzer, Christian A1 - Babul, Konrad A1 - Klatt, Matthias A1 - Krautz, Hans Joachim T1 - Quantitative und qualitative relationship between swirl burner operating conditions and pulverized coal flame length T2 - Fuel Processing Technology KW - Flame length KW - Flame stability KW - Swirl burner KW - Pulverized coal KW - Image processing Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.10.013 SN - 0378-3820 VL - 156 SP - 138 EP - 155 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Ziems, Christian A1 - Tannert, Daniel A1 - Krautz, Hans Joachim T1 - Project presentation: Design and installation of advanced high pressure alkaline electrolyzer-prototypes T2 - Energy Procedia Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2012.09.087 SN - 1876-6102 VL - 29 SP - 744 EP - 753 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kangwanpongpan, Tanin A1 - Correa da Silva, Rodrigo A1 - Krautz, Hans Joachim T1 - Prediction of oxy-coal combustion through an optimized weighted sum of gray gases model T2 - Energy : the international journal Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2011.06.010 SN - 0360-5442 VL - 41 IS - 1 SP - 244 EP - 251 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Missagia, Bruna A1 - Guerrero, Cinthya A1 - Narra, Satyanarayana A1 - Sun, Yaoming A1 - Ay, Peter A1 - Krautz, Hans Joachim T1 - Physicomechanical properties of rice husk pellets for energy generation Y1 - 2011 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Asegehegn, Teklay Weldeabzgi A1 - Schreiber, Matthias A1 - Krautz, Hans Joachim T1 - Numerical Study of Bubbling Gas-Solid Fluidized Beds Hydrodynamics: Influence of Immersed Horizontal Tubes and Data Analysis Y1 - 2011 UR - http://www.bepress.com/ijcre/vol9/A16 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Asegehegn, Teklay Weldeabzgi A1 - Schreiber, Matthias A1 - Krautz, Hans Joachim T1 - Numerical simulation and experimental validation of bubble behavior in 2D gas-solid fluidized beds with immersed horizontal tubes Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2011.07.056 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schreiber, Matthias A1 - Asegehegn, Teklay Weldeabzgi A1 - Krautz, Hans Joachim T1 - Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Bubbling Gas-Solid Fluidized Beds with Dense Immersed Tube Bundles Y1 - 2011 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kangwanpongpan, Tanin A1 - Franca, Francis H. R. A1 - Correa da Silva, Rodrigo A1 - Smith Schneider, Paulo A1 - Krautz, Hans Joachim T1 - New correlations for the weighted-sum-of-gray-gases model in oxy-fuel conditions based on HITEMP 2010 database T2 - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.07.032 SN - 0017-9310 VL - 55 IS - 25-26 SP - 7419 EP - 7433 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Nimtz, Michael A1 - Klatt, Matthias A1 - Wiese, Bernd A1 - Kühn, Michael A1 - Krautz, Hans Joachim T1 - Modelling of the CO2 process- and transport chain in CCS systems - Examination of transport and storage processes T2 - Chemie der Erde - Geochemistry Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2010.05.011 SN - 0009-2819 VL - 70 IS - 3 SP - 185 EP - 192 ER -