Standard load profiles for district heating networks

This document contains standard load profiles for district heating (DH) networks that have been calculated with a statistical method presented in the research article "Standard load profiles for district heating networks based on measurement data from 30 networks".

The data is valid for residential DH networks with a total heat demand of 50 GWh/a at the heating central for one operation year with average weather conditions at Würzburg, Germany.

Three versions were created for different base loads (medium, low and high base load). The name of the table sheet indicates the respective base load. The base load is defined as the average heat load for allocated ambient temperatures above 20 °C in this work.

Ambient temperature data from the German Weather Service (DWD) for a test reference year at the location of Würzburg (2015, average conditions, Latitude: 49.7706, Longitude: 9.9497) was used for calculation: https://kunden.dwd.de/obt/