Type

NTDH

Short description

NTDH utilizing ground water for district heating

Location

Ospitaletto

Country

Italy

End users

Schools, gyms and multifamily houses

Heat source

Ground water/Excess heat

Description

Water from wells delivers heat to HPs at substations; Heat provided by means of waste heat from steel factory (from cooling towers) and 2 water wells; HPs to extract heat from industry

Cooling

Yes

Heat source-network connection

HP (excess heat); Central HP utilizes ground water?/Water through HEX exchanges heat with network?/Ground water runs through the network? (ground water-Missing info)

Booster HP or no for SH

HP

Booster HP, IHEU or DHSU for DHW

HP

Category

2.2.1.1.1.

Tsupply,min [°C] (network)

13

Tsupply,max [°C] (network)

25

SCOP=(reference annual heating demand)/(seasonal electricity consumption for heating) [-]

4.14

Installed capacity [MW]

2.5 (water HP 1.36)

Produced heating energy [MWh/year]

232 (recovered heat only for DHW (useful heat: 325); Missing info for SH

Network length [km] (if not specified-pipes, trench specified)

2.3

LHPDD (linear heating power demand density)=(installed thermal power capacity)/(network length(pipes)) [kW/m]

0.6

Reference 1

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.12.059

Reference 2

https://www.mijnwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190729_LIFE4HeatRecovery-first-newsletter.pdf

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