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Table 1 Investment costs and thermal efficiencies for heat pumps (HP), electric heaters (EH), gas condensing heaters (GH), pellet heaters (PH), and combined heat and power units (CHP)

From: Integrated planning of grids and energy conversion units in municipal multi-energy carrier systems

 

EH

GH

HP_c

CHP_c

EH_c

GH_c

PH_c

Inv. costs [EUR/kW]

37

123

1200

359

17

58

210

Thermal efficiency

0.99

0.98

f(t)

0.43

0.99

0.98

0.94

  1. The ‘_c’ represents central conversion technologies. The thermal efficiency of HP_c varies with time based on the COP curve of a commercial model (Emerson Climate Technologies 2012), the electric efficiency of CHP units is assumed as 43%. The life span of all technologies is assumed to be 20 years