Print Email Facebook Twitter Determination of the Optimal Pipe Configuration and Diameters for a District Heating System Title Determination of the Optimal Pipe Configuration and Diameters for a District Heating System Author Groot, S. Contributor Van Dalen, J. (mentor) Boersma, B.J. (mentor) Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Department SPET Programme Energy Technology Date 2014-08-19 Abstract In this report a district heating system is analyzed at the Tata steel site. A case study is made for a number of buildings, which are currently heated with a gas boiler. A computer model is developed to calculate the optimal piping path and diameters for such a network. The heat losses of this network are calculated with the complex potential method. The payback period was found to be around 5 years, depending on the economic conditions. Subject district heatingTata Steel To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0c6b2600-0b34-40fd-a7a5-6869ecf01bb8 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2014 Groot, S. Files PDF final_report.pdf 1.68 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0c6b2600-0b34-40fd-a7a5-6869ecf01bb8/datastream/OBJ/view