| Title | Geothermal District Heating of Vilyuchinsk City (Kamchatka) |
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| Authors | Alexander I. Nikolskiy, Valeriy V. Semenov, Grigory V. Tomarov, Andrey A.Shipkov |
| Year | 2010 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | District Heating, Geothermal Heat Pumps |
| Abstract | Considerable part of the territory of Russia is located in the cold climate zone with long-lasting winter season characterized by low air temperatures, snow and strong winds so the problems of reliable heat supply of population, industrial and agricultural enterprises are most urgent. The Project of geothermal heat supply of Vilyuchinsk city (Kamchatka) using resources of Upper-Paratunsky geothermal field permits supplying cheap and environmentally friendly heat energy for the consumers and displacing up to 37 t of mazut annually being combusted in the boilers now. The geothermal heat supply system envisages both direct use of thermal water and application of geothermal heat pumps. For increasing efficiency of use of geothermal heat, the project envisages reduction of the temperature schedule of the heat supply system from 95/70 oC to 75/40 oC. The article includes the description of geothermal resources of the Center of Kamchatka, circuit diagram of heat supply, annual diagrams of heat load coverage and results of economic calculations. |