Type

LTDH

Short description

LTDH utilizing existing DH and solar collectors for district heating

Location

Brühl district in Chemnitz

Country

Germany

End users

1300 residential units and commercial units

Heat source

Solar/Existing DH

Description

Solar collectors and return flow of existing DH (lignite CHP plant) used as source for LTDH

Cooling

Yes

Heat source-network connection

HEX (existing DH); Solar collectors

Booster HP or no for SH

No

Booster HP, IHEU or DHSU for DHW

IHEU

TES

Two-zone storage (1000 m3+500 m3)

Centralized/ Decentralized TES

Centralized

Category

3.2.1.1.1.*

Tsupply,max [°C] (network)

70

Treturn [°C] (network)

57.5

Project area [km2]

0.01

Reference 1

http://proceedings.ises.org/paper/swc2017/swc2017-0032-LalShrestha.pdf

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