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TES can provide both improvements in the efficiency of operation and cooling network robustness. To best utilize TES, a better understanding of the role operation and location of the asset within the network is needed. We build models for all the components of the network to better understand the role of TES location and design an optimization formulation to identify how to best locate it and operate it. The optimization formulation allows us to identify the best operation and location of TES during both open loop and a closed loop scenario. Additional intuition of what drives the storage allocation mechanism is then identified through the use of location analysis techniques."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Understanding the role of thermal energy storage on district cooling performance"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Alleyne, Andrew"],"dc:creator":["Andujar Lugo, Frank"],"dc:date":["2024-05","2024-03-14"],"dc:description":["Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. 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TES can provide both improvements in the efficiency of operation and cooling network robustness. To best utilize TES, a better understanding of the role operation and location of the asset within the network is needed. We build models for all the components of the network to better understand the role of TES location and design an optimization formulation to identify how to best locate it and operate it. The optimization formulation allows us to identify the best operation and location of TES during both open loop and a closed loop scenario. 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