Type
NTDH
Short description
NTDH utilizing excess/ground heat for office space and multipurpose complex heating
Location
Herleen
Country
Netherlands
End users
Office of the Central Bureau of Statistics and the complex Heerlerheide Centrum (homes, supermarket, offices, community facilities, catering), Arcus College, pension fund that owns a data center
Heat source
Ground/Excess heat
Description
Excess heat/Ground (two abandoned coal mines have been exploited as a low-temperature resource); Water from coal mines goes to central station (HEX); The second loop represents loop with booster HPs at consumer substation for SH and DHW
Cooling
Yes
Heat source-network connection
HEX
Booster HP or no for SH
HP
Booster HP, IHEU or DHSU for DHW
HP
TES
Mine water reservoir
Centralized/ Decentralized TES
Centralized
Category
2.5.1.1.1.
Tsource [°C]
28
∆Tsource [°C]
16
Tsupply,min [°C] (network)
18
Tsupply,max [°C] (network)
25
Tsupply,min [°C] (at consumer substation)
30
Treturn [°C] (network)
17.5
Network length [km] (if not specified-pipes, trench specified)
7 (3-pipe network)
Reference 1
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.01.158
Reference 2
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.12.059
