- Period:
- 10/2021 – 12/2021
- Client:
- Stadtwerke Schneeberg GmbH
Assessing the Hydraulics and Thermal Behavior of Schneeberg’s District Heating Network
A dynamic district heating network model was first created for Stadtwerke Schneeberg. The network has a radial layout with no loops and one generation site. It includes 118 building substations and a total pipeline route length of 9.3 km. The model was compared with supplied measurement data and calibrated. Following successful calibration, hydraulic and thermal parameters were investigated for the generator, consumers, and pipelines.
Key Areas of Work
- Initial creation of dynamic and static models
- Network calibration with existing measurement data
- General hydraulic and thermal network analysis
Investigations Performed
- Circulation pump parameters (pressure differential, volume flow)
- Critical network point
- Pipeline sizing