Production scheduling
and control

Why choose Gradyent
for source optimisation?

Physical 
models

At its core, our Digital Twin Platform is a real-time thermohydraulic physical model that takes into account efficiency curves, COP's, ramp-up times and all other physical system limits to determine the optimal production schedule for the next hours and days.

End-to-end network
representation

Different locations of sources and demand are modelled without simplifications. Considering the heat propagation and time of travel throughout the network, the optimal source mix is scheduled in real-time.

Direct impact and
smooth implementation

Get a fully automated, updated production schedule in real-time. Even with colossal amounts of data, our real-time Digital Twin Platform is the single source of truth for forecasting demand, user, network and source performance without additional software or hardware.

Conventional District Heating systems
are becoming more complex
and need to be decarbonised

Human operators can no longer run their sources cost-effectively

  • Input costs are higher and more volatile due to dependency on availability.

    • Thermal storage is becoming more extensive, complex and important.

    • Opportunities to reduce costs and CO2 emissions are left untouched.

The source mix is diversifying

  • Conventional fossil-fuel sources are decommissioned.

    • Renewable sources like heat pumps and waste heat are integrated.

    • These sources are added at various new locations throughout the network.

So, how to optimise and
control your source operation?

How to:

  • Allocate sources?

    • Efficiently supply demand?

    • Improve sustainability?

    • Improve operational control?

    • Buffer heat at the right time?

    • Meet demand peaks?

    • Utilise fluctuations on the E-market?

Schedule your sources in real-time
for the upcoming hours and days

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A live Digital Twin Platform optimises source operation in real-time, taking end-to-end, nonlinear behaviour into account

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Live input data

  • Temperatures, pressures, flows

    • Day ahead and live intraday E-prices

    • Gas and CO2 prices

    • Weather data

Live setpoints

  • MW per source

    • Forward temperatures

    • Real-time updated

Reliable supply

  • Aligned with entire network

    • Co-optimizing sources and substations

Live input data

  • Temperatures, pressures, flows

    • Day ahead and live intraday E-prices

    • Gas and CO2 prices

    • Weather data

Live setpoints

  • MW per source

    • Forward temperatures

    • Real-time updated

Reliable supply

  • Aligned with entire network

    • Co-optimizing sources and substations

Our Digital Twin Platform computes the required power, forecasts and optimises setpoints: in real-time

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Estimate per source

  • Dynamic efficiency

    • Maximum flows and temps

    • Ramp up and down speed

    • Fixed production schedules

    • Input fuel costs

Forecast

  • Network conditions

    • Demand (peaks)

    • Weather conditions

    • Heat losses

    • Electricity prices in all markets

Optimise schedule

  • Optimal dispatch per minute

    • Day-ahead schedules for max. E-production

    • Sources and network synergy

    • Network pre-heating and buffering

    • Accumulator (dis)charging

Estimate per source

  • Dynamic efficiency

    • Maximum flows and temps

    • Ramp up and down speed

    • Fixed production schedules

    • Input fuel costs

Forecast

  • Network conditions

    • Demand (peaks)

    • Weather conditions

    • Heat losses

    • Electricity prices in all markets

Optimise schedule

  • Optimal dispatch per minute

    • Day-ahead schedules for max. E-production

    • Sources and network synergy

    • Network pre-heating and buffering

    • Accumulator (dis)charging

Let’s upgrade your District Heating grid

Ready to optimise, decarbonise or grow your grid? We would love to set up a call, a meeting or give you a personal demo of our real-time Digital Twin Platform.

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