DH networks, turbines and engines in the heating industry; heat distribution, types of networks, working medium and its properties; Method of heat transfer to heat supply systems, heating systems, thermal and hydraulic losses of networks; current trends, evaluation of losses in heat distribution and their reduction; in the field of turbines and motors: conditions for maintaining and developing heat supply systems, CHP

Heat accumulation and system service, electric boilers

Cooling circuits, trigeneration and district cooling

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (energy performance assessment of buildings, requirements for control of heat sources, long-term building renovation strategy, technical systems of buildings)

 III. call of the "Energy Savings in DHS" - main changes from previous calls, selection criteria, defending and maintaining allocation in 3.5 Energy savings in DHS; Ex-ante evaluation II. Energy Savings Challenges in DHS

 Ongoing trends in heat savings on the consumer side and the installation of small decentralized sources in parallel with DHS customer stations; current trends in resource recovery, the operation of heat distribution systems aimed at reducing losses and streamlining operations

New trends in simulation and control of large and medium-sized DHS; new SW applications and technologies used for them, areas of solved tasks, suitable process procedures and achievable effects for potential users

SW applications enabling modeling of simulation of operation of small and medium-sized DHS with share of renewable energy sources; possibilities of cooperation of multiple sources of different types and conditions for intelligent management of their operation

Description of the project of modernization of a pair of island heat supply systems in the town of Přeštice; objectives of the new heating system concept, interconnection of three heat sources, control of sources in one hydraulic system

Description of the project of utilization of waste heat from the biogas station Kladruby u Radnic

Preparation and creation of a thermal network model, topological model, parameterization, calibration; introduction of software tool for thermal hydraulic calculations of heat networks

Creation of topological model of thermal network; filling of the calculation model - numerical inputs; calibration of the calculation model - heat losse; calibration of the calculation model - pressure losses; example of 5-day prediction of behavior of Prague DHS including display of pressure diagram, display of lines and working areas was presented; neural Model of Consumption - 3D display of power dependence

Examples of tasks solved on steam networks incl. examples of tasks solved on water networks

Examples of hydraulcic calculations of heat networks in EOP DHS

DYMOS - a new generation system was introduced; dispatching control system and DHS operation optimization and DHS hydraulic control

Accumulation in DH sector - ways of electricity accumulation, prediction for daily accumulation of electricity in the Czech Republic, accumulation from the perspective of legislation and strategic documents, the possibility of using accumulation in the DH sector

Flexibility of operation of heating plants, where the DHS is considered as a bridge between low-emission energy and reliable operation of the system; outlook for the flexibility balance by 2050, the possibilities of increasing flexibility and concrete examples of implementation

Problematics of how electricity from heat sources is traded, how to optimize fixed-cost operations, how to sell electricity from CHP 3000/4400, and the importance of flexibility for higher sales

Algorithmic trading on spot markets, market application of flexibility from small sources and consumption on day and intra-day markets, market application of flexibility in the Czech Republic, how electricity from heat sources is traded, CHP operation

Example: expansion of heat storage and the construction of an electrode boiler in DHS Brno (technical parameters of the project, technology - principle and parameters of the electrode boiler, technological scheme and benefits of the project)

Current changes in the market for ancillar services - main topic is the future of ensuring performance balance

Supporting for CHP technology, decarbonisation scenarios by 2050 and CHP auctions; auction of innovative CHP, Auction in the Czech Republic