An operational strategy for district heating networks: application of data-driven heat load forecasts

Energy Informatics

Table 4 Nomenclature

d^ht	Heat demand	l^hg,max	Maximum load of the heat generator
F	Utility function	p^el	Hourly electricity price
g^el,w	Amount of electricity	t	Current time step
	generation from offshore wind	T	Time horizon
l^s	Heat storage load	s	Heat storage level
l^s,max	Maximum heat storage	s^max	Maximum capacity of the heat storage
	charging or discharging load	Θ	Share of offshore wind
l^el	Amount of electric load	ϕ	Hourly storage efficiency
l^hg	Heat generator load