Development of methods of quantitative substantiation of intermediate control units arrangement places in large heat supply systems

The mathematical model is given of a heat-supply system (HSS) thermal-hydraulic operation modes over time, taking into account the transport delay, as well as disturbing and control actions. Indices of provision sufficiency for customers have been developed, integrated with respect to calculation time period based on the simulation modeling of thermal-hydraulic operation modes. An approach to the problem of arranging intermediate stages of regulation is proposed, based on constructing the matrices of paths starting at the end-user’s points and directed opposite to the heat carrier flow.