Assessment of supply-side alternatives for the Handlova heating system

Technical Report · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/389009· OSTI ID:389009

The goals of this study were to: (1) perform technical and economical analyses for three alternatives for the production and distribution of thermal energy in the town of Handlova, Slovakia, (2) perform and economic evaluation for the main parameters for each alternative at the given required rate of return, (3) evaluate the sensitivity of the cost of delivered energy to several parameters, such as the thermal energy demand, cost of fuels and real interest rate, and (4) provide this information to the town officials for their decisions about the future development of the heat supply for space heating and water heating in the residential and non-residential sectors.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Washington, DC (United States); EGU, Bratislava (Slovakia)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 389009
• Report Number(s): PNL-10848; ON: DE96050635
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
SLOVAKIA
SPACE HEATING
HEAT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
NATURAL GAS
COAL
DISTRICT HEATING
CENTRAL HEATING PLANTS
HEAT SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FORECASTING