SESAAU2025 – Book of Abstracts

Techno-economic advantages of coupling large-scale sTES with heat pumps in district heating systems
Demonstrating how optimised sizing and strategic allocation of heat pumps can unlock massive OPEX savings and CO₂ reductions.
- Presented by Dr. Adulrahman DAHASH, AIT
Risk Assessment for sTES in District Heating Networks – Highlighting uncertainties that could evolve into risks and proposing future mitigation measures.
- Presented by Ralf-Roman Schmidt, AIT
Data-Driven Surrogate Models of sTES for MPC Applications – A digital twin case study on the Dronninglund pit storage, stressing the need for continued development through reference dataset validation.
- Presented by Dr. Curtis Meister, HSLU
Optimizing the Operation of a Thermal Source Network Using Matlab/Simscape – Exploring system-level optimisation to support efficient district heating and cooling operations.
- Presented by M.Sc. Simon Müller, THI
Cascading of sTES for Optimal Operation of DHC Networks – A case study on a cooling-dominated grid, paving the way for multi-functional and multi-application storage concepts.
- Presented by M.Sc. Michael Bayer, HSLu
Optimal Integration of sTES within a Thermal Source Network – The Planning Phase – Focusing on system integration and planning methodologies.
- Presented by M.Sc. Shariq Akbar, THI (online contribution)