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12th International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling

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The <str<strong>on</strong>g>12th</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Internati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Symposium</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Heating</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Cooling</strong>,September 5 th to September 7 th , 2010, Tallinn, Est<strong>on</strong>iaDAMAGES OF THE TALLINN DISTRICT HEATING NETWORKS AND INDICATIVEPARAMETERS FOR AN ESTIMATION OF THE NETWORKS GENERAL CONDITIONAleks<strong>and</strong>r Hlebnikov 1 , Anna Volkova 1 , Olga Džuba 2 , Arvi Poobus 1 , Ülo Kask 11 Department of Thermal Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,Tallinn University of Technology, Kopli 116, 11712 Tallinn, Est<strong>on</strong>ia2 Tallinna Küte, Punane 36, 13619 Tallinn, Est<strong>on</strong>iaahleb@staff.ttu.ee, anna.volkova@ttu.eeABSTRACT<strong>District</strong> heating networks in Est<strong>on</strong>ia are mostly old <strong>and</strong>in bad c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>. The state of the district heatingnetworks of Tallinn is typical for the rest of Est<strong>on</strong>ian DHnetworks. The paper includes analysis of the Tallinndistrict heating networks. Valid data about damages indistrict heating systems received for the last 12 yearswere used for an analysis of the networks damages.Different types of network damages are analysed:external corrosi<strong>on</strong>, internal corrosi<strong>on</strong>, defect ofinstallati<strong>on</strong>, factory defects, defect of c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong>other reas<strong>on</strong>s. The number of damages for the differentelements of networks is compared in the paper:armature, compensator, c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> pipes. Mainfactors, which influence damages in district heatingnetworks, are the age of networks, the quality ofc<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> works <strong>and</strong> the network operati<strong>on</strong>c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s.The damage quantity dependence <strong>on</strong> the age ofnetworks is also defined <strong>and</strong> analysed in the paper.The number of damages can be diminished byreducing the average age of networks. This is possibleby replacing old pipelines <strong>and</strong> other network systemelements. Pipes average age changes for 20 yearsperiod are simulated according different intensities ofrenovati<strong>on</strong> works.INTRODUCTION<strong>District</strong> heating (DH) allows centralized heat producti<strong>on</strong>for an area <strong>and</strong> hot water transportati<strong>on</strong> to the buildingsthrough a network of pipes. <strong>District</strong> heating systemsoffer the potential to use energy-efficient <strong>and</strong>renewable heat generati<strong>on</strong> technologies, such ascogenerati<strong>on</strong> technologies which implement both fossilfuels, as l<strong>on</strong>g as biomass <strong>and</strong> waste [1]. <strong>District</strong>heating system is traditi<strong>on</strong>al in Est<strong>on</strong>ia. It has formedapproximately 70 per cent of all heating in the country.The share of heat produced by combined heat <strong>and</strong>power producti<strong>on</strong> stati<strong>on</strong>s is approximately <strong>on</strong>e third. Atthe same time, the technical situati<strong>on</strong> of the districtheating networks (<strong>and</strong> producti<strong>on</strong> equipment) is poor.[2] Unsatisfactory c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> of DH networks <strong>and</strong>unreliable heat supply can doubt <strong>on</strong> future of districtheating <strong>and</strong> the c<strong>on</strong>sumers can make a choice towardsa different heat supply alternative. Often thedecentralized heating is not an effective soluti<strong>on</strong> forregi<strong>on</strong>al heat supply strategy <strong>and</strong> it decreases potentialof combined heat <strong>and</strong> power producti<strong>on</strong>.[3].Nowadays DH systems operate both in big cities <strong>and</strong> insmall towns, which means, that there is enough heatload for the installati<strong>on</strong> of new cogenerati<strong>on</strong> equipment.But before new energy sources installati<strong>on</strong> it isimportant to define <strong>and</strong> analyse the situati<strong>on</strong> with DHnetworks.The purpose of this paper is to define the validc<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> of typical old networks in Est<strong>on</strong>ia, to definethe reas<strong>on</strong>s of damage occurrence <strong>on</strong> the basis ofoperati<strong>on</strong>al data <strong>and</strong> to make forecasts for operati<strong>on</strong> ofa DH network for the next 20 years. The paper includesanalysis of Tallinn district heating networks. The validdata about damages in district heating systemscollected during past 12 years was used for analysis ofnetworks damages.THE PRESENT CONDITION OF TALLINN DISTRICTHEATING SYSTEM<strong>District</strong> heating networks in Est<strong>on</strong>ia are mostly old <strong>and</strong>in bad c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>. The state of the district heatingnetworks of Tallinn is typical for the rest of Est<strong>on</strong>ian DHnetworks. In Tallinn the heat is transmitted to thec<strong>on</strong>sumers through a 406-kilometres l<strong>on</strong>g heatingnetwork including the 93 km of pre-insulated pipes(23%). <strong>District</strong> heating systems of Tallinn werec<strong>on</strong>structed mostly during the 1960-1980 period <strong>and</strong>their average age is 22 years.The AS Tallinna Küte enterprise makes operati<strong>on</strong> ofthe bigger part of district heating networks <strong>and</strong> boilerhousesof Tallinn.<strong>District</strong> heating systems of Tallinn c<strong>on</strong>sist of fivedistricts of the central heat supply: Kesklinna district(total length ~92 km, length <strong>on</strong> the balance ofAS Tallinna Küte ~76 km), Lääne district (total length~162 km, length <strong>on</strong> the balance of AS Tallinna Küte~141 km), Lääne district local networks (total length~12 km, length <strong>on</strong> the balance of AS Tallinna Küte~11 km), Lasnamäe district (total length ~114 km,length <strong>on</strong> the balance of AS Tallinna Küte ~106 km),277

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