Include required temperature for thermal energy demands

[kwakuwulf]

As discussed in Vienna I'm adding some issues from the viewpoint of industrial process modelling:

In the feature type EnergyDemand the required temperature should be included. I think not only in industrial modelling the required temperature (maybe: setTemperature ) of the energy demand is a key information for simulation.

[RomainNouvel]

How do you precisely defined the "required temperature" for the different end use types of the EnergyDemand?

• for "SpaceHeating" and "SpaceCooling": we have already a heating/cooling schedule with variable set-point temperatures in the UsageZone (Module Occupancy)
• for "DomesticHotWater": do you speak about the preparation temperature? the temperature at the tap? the circulation temperature? Is it not redundant with the supply temperature of the ThermalDistributionSystem?
• for "Process", isn't that the supply temperature of the ThermalDistributionSystem?
• for the other end use type (cooking, lighting, ventilation etc.), it is not particularly appropriate...

[kwakuwulf]

For "Processes" the set temperature of the thermal process is usually not equal to the distribution temperature:
E.g. a dryer: set temperature 90° of hot air , distribution temperature 120 °C of steam line
This is true for all indirect heating systems (heat transfer via heat exchanger)

For some applications it's a similar case as "DomesticHotWater", where you directly use the distribution medium as process medium. E.g. hot water from boiler directly used as cleaning water.

[mlauster]

This is still in discussion and will not be part of release 0.8.0

[mlauster]

@RomainNouvel and @kwakuwulf, could you come to an agreement here? I think you both are main participators on that discussion

[JoachimBenner]

The Energy ADE plenum decided at December 6th, 2017 to reject the issue.