City of Baltimore, district heating assessment. Final report, 1981-1982

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5383963

Lynn, S; Hanselman, W; Wade, D

The City of Baltimore is utilizing hot water produced from waste fueled boilers cogenerating electricity to supply heat to Cherry Hill a large public housing project, five schools, a nearby hospital and some commercial and industrial users. An eight inch pipe loop will deliver water at a temperature of 250 Fahrenheit from which smaller pipes will connect to heat exchangers in individual building. Most buildings will use hot water for circulation although a few will use converters to produce low temperature steam. The timing is fortuitous, in that the existing heating system is old and is scheduled for renovation. The money will be used for certain retrofit and connection costs rather than to install new boilers. An additional heat load island has been identified known as Hopkins-East Baltimore. This area is an urban renewal area containing seven public housing projects, five public schools, the city jail, John Hopkins hospital and Medical school, private housing and several other institutions. These two areas are good for early start district heating projects, ultimately a still larger system seems feasible.

• Research Organization: Baltimore City Dept. of Planning, MD (USA); Resource Development Associates, Inc., Dayton, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5383963
• Report Number(s): PB-83-256040
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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