Dorset District Heating Seminar District Heating Opportunities and Practicalities
13th October 2009 Heating, hot water & power generated locally… …from an innovative combination of low carbon technologies, inc. CHP and Biomass
Introductions
• Mark Howell
Business Development Manager – London and South
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Vital Experience
UK-Wide
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District Heating – the whole solution! Energy Centre Distribution Customer Interface Metering Metering Soln. / Billing Heating, hot water & power generated locally… …from an innovative combination of low carbon technologies, inc. CHP and Biomass
DH – All sectors New build housing, large commercial, extensions to existing an ESCo and educational (University expansion).
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Main Points 1. Confidence 2. Deliverability 3. Case Study
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1. Confidence
District Heating works in principle! CHP & Biomass – This is a new technology?
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1. Confidence Operations On-going service – Energy Centre – District Heating Heating, hot water & power generated locally… …from an innovative combination of low carbon technologies, inc. CHP and Biomass
1. Confidence Keypoint It’s tried, it’s tested, it’s happening (happened) elsewhere in UK towns and cities that you might not be aware of.
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2. Deliverability Procurement / Product Supply Chain Proven products Life Cycle Heating, hot water & power generated locally… …from an innovative combination of low carbon technologies, inc. CHP and Biomass
2. Deliverability DH Optimisation
h c a o r p p A c i t s i l o H
Energy Centre •CHP •Biomass boilers
District Heating Optimisation?
Heat Load
•Route integration
•Radiators / Underfloor Heating etc
•Pipe sizing
•Domestic Hot Water
•Life-Cycle (longevity)
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2. Deliverability Resource Design Installation Project Management
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2. Deliverability Keypoint Due diligence of partners and contractors. Do they have the experience and resource backed up by reference projects?
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Case Study
Glenshellach Estate
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Vital Energi install UK’s Largest Wood-fired DH scheme (2005)
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Oban, Scotland
Glenshellach Estate Heating, hot water & power generated locally… …from an innovative combination of low carbon technologies, inc. CHP and Biomass
Client / Programme Client - West Highland Housing
Association
Type of Organisation - Housing Association
Duration – Phase 2 - June – Nov 2004 – Phase 3 – Start 2006 with connection by Spring 2007 (Note Phase 1 – pre-biomass scheme)
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Project Details Vital Energi responsibility – – – –
Design Build Operate and Maintain
Main Component Supply – – – – – –
Energy Centre Renewable – Biomass Plant Pipework / Mains installation Community Heating Internals – HIU – indirect boards Metering - Prepayment and Point of Sale
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Energy Centre / Fuel Bunker Item Fuel feed:
Details Wood chip container with hydraulic scrapper system
Fuel store dimensions 8.6m x 2.5m x 2.6 (l x w x h) (50m3) (approx):
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Pre-fabrication – Biomass Plant
Danish factory
Plant dispatch
Installation
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Energy Centre Energy Centre Item Footprint (approx): Biomass Boiler (Main) - rating:
8.5m x 4.0m (34m ) 600kW
Oil boiler (Backup) - rating: Oil storage
200kW 5000 l
Details 2
Elevation Heating, hot water & power generated locally… …from an innovative combination of low carbon technologies, inc. CHP and Biomass
Energy Centre
Plan
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District Heating Products Used Steel Aluflex (100% diffusion tight) Insulated Pipe Lengths Steel –12m Flexible – 50m and 100m Pipe Connection Steel – Welding Aluflex – Pressure Couplings Pipe Size – Diameter Nominal Bore Steel – 32mm, 40mm and 50mm Aluflex – 26mm 32mm and 40mm Surveillance Steel – Alarm system Flexible – No alarm system
Approx 1,000m
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District Heating Network Phase 2 – 46 Homes
Energy Centre
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District Heating Network Phase 3 – 44 Homes
Phase 3 – DH pipework exits at high-level
Energy Centre
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Delivering and Controlling Heat Vital AquaVarm Hydraulic Interface Units Benefits - Instantaneous Hot Water -
Customer Control
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Heat Meter Integration
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Prepayment Facility
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Avoids DHW Storage..
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Heat Metering and Revenue Protection Metering and Revenue Protection Heat Meter Sharky 773 Compact Ultrasonic Heat Meter Highly accurate + / - 2% Read by: Radio, MBus and RS232 Wide range operating temperatures. Real time error reporting
Programmer/ Pre-payment Unit POS located in local shop System can eliminate risk of bad debt Debt Recovery Function Multiple Tariffs No Shut Off Periods -Secure RFID Technology..
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Operation and Maintenance Vital Service covers Administration, Operation and maintenance of: Energy Centre Wood chip fuelled boiler Oil fired back up boiler Ancillary equipment inside the boilerhouse. Woodfuel storage bunker, ash container and the oil fuel storage tank
District Heating Network Twice yearly visits to service
Dwellings HIU Heat Meter EasiPay system Timer programmer Heating, hot water & power generated locally… …from an innovative combination of low carbon technologies, inc. CHP and Biomass
User Guides
Wood Chip Fuel introduction
Domestic Credit Module (PPU)
User Guide Heating & HW
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Credit Metering
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Automated Meter Reading Systems GPRS Meter Reading System 1. Heat data transmitted to the receiver 2. Data is downloaded to the reading and billing system 3. Billing system is used to create direct debit bills 4. Bills sent to customer..
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Billing Customer Billing and Online Analysis Sample Utility Bill
Online Consumption Analysis
Analysis of Consumption Analysis of Pre-Payment Revenue Meter Error Information Automated Data Refresh..
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Summary
It’s been done before. Responsibility - Consider a ‘One Stop Shop’ process with robust proven products Customers will notice little if any difference!
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Th an kY ou
Mark Howell – Business Development (T) +44 (0) 1252 405276 (m) +44 (0) 7866 496430 (e)
[email protected] Headquarters
Vital Energi Utilities Limited Burnden House Roman Road Blackburn Lancashire, BB1 2LD (T) +44 (0) 1254 296000 (F) +44 (0) 1254 296040 www.vitalenergi.co.uk
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