Assessment and implementation of a district heating system upgrade for the city of Plzen, Czech Republic: Status report

Conference · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:10165795

Secrest, T J ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)

The City of Plzen, Czech Republic, is considering options to upgrade its district heating system for compliance with emissions regulations and replacement of some existing heat generation units. This assessment examined two coal-fired and two-gas fired heat generation configurations coupled with buildings sector energy efficiency for meeting load growth from the current level of 370MWt to 420 and 367MWt for high and low growth scenarios, respectively. The supply and efficiency options were integrated and characterized by capital requirement, levelized energy cost, typical residential energy bill, and emissions. Life extension to the existing facilities required the least capital investment and provided the lowest levelized energy cost; efficiency increased the per unit price of energy and reduced the typical energy bill; connection of a satellite system provided for a lower weighted average energy cost of energy over life extension to the satellite boiler serving the system; and the gas-fired configurations provided for the greatest reduction in emissions.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10165795
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-24197; CONF-940614-1; ON: DE94014996
• Resource Relation: Conference: 85. annual conference of the International District Heating and Cooling Association and trade show,Seattle, WA (United States),18-22 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
DISTRICT HEATING
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
CZECH REPUBLIC
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
COMPLIANCE
COAL-FIRED GAS TURBINES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
PLANNING
RETROFITTING
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540120
PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHEMICALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT