Seasonal Storage of Distant Industrial Excess Heat for District Heating Master’s Thesis in Innovative and Sustainable Chemical Engineering

Large parts of district heating used in Gothenburg originates from excess heat generated from industries near the city. There is potential to utilise more excess heat in Gothenburg from distant industries. This will however require a connecting pipeline of considerable length with high investment cost. This thesis investigates whether the economical benefits of such a pipeline can be increased by installing an additional borehole thermal energy storage (BTES) and an electricity driven heat pump. Investigations have been made for two locations, western Gothenburg and Kungälv. The behaviour of the BTES has been analysed with the Duct Storage Model using the software PILESIM 2. The district heating system has been sim-ulated with the software Martes. Simulation data including prices of fuels, taxes and political instruments used for this study are based on the forecasts of the local district heating company, Göteborg Energi AB. The investment cost of the BTES is based on previously performed master thesis project at Göteborg Energi AB. The results indicate that the potential to make profits from the proposed BTE