District heating
District heating, also known as heat networks or campus heating, is a system that transports heat to residential and commercial buildings through insulated pipes. This heat can come from a variety of traditional and green sources like combined heat and power, energy for waste, geothermal, solar thermal, and waste heat recovery. Alfa Laval’s energy efficient plate heat exchangers can support all district heating processes, reducing carbon emissions and demand for primary energy at the same time.
Choose the right district energy partner
- With millions of heat exchangers in operation within the industry worldwide and service centers covering all markets, Alfa Laval has a proven record.
- We understand the importance to scale up the use of renewable energy, increase heat recovery and have a strong focus to aid customers and partners.
- Our product range covers everything from heat generation in production facilities, to heating the water in your shower.
- And, with AHRI third-party performance certification, you can rest assured that the thermal performance of our products is as good as we say it is.
- As one of our biggest markets, research and development in district heating is high on our agenda and we are creating with you in mind.
Trends in district heating industry
Today, the heating sector is influenced by multiple trends. These trends are mainly driven by increased expectations and targets in decarbonization, energy supply security and energy affordability, customer usability, and energy-efficient performance.
Some of the focused trends in the district heating sector are:
- Low grid temperature. Newly built grids for low temperature or existing grids where operating temperatures are being lowered
- Energy sources: changing fossil fuels to renewables and recycled energy
- Centralized production is complemented by decentralized/local production
- New flexible solutions in terms of supply and network size
- Trend in the sector to work more long-term with investments, digitalization and asset management
- Extended involvement and interaction with the end user to work with energy efficiency and reuse heat. Some customers can be viewed as “Prosumers” – both consumers and producers – not only using but also delivering energy to the grid at times.
Making efficiency last for decades
A poorly functioning heat exchanger may affect safety, product quality and energy costs. Failure may lead to costly downtime and major losses in production. By regular and proactive maintenance of your gasketed plate heat exchanger performance is preserved and operations kept trouble-free and predictable.
We have the expertise to help you whether you experience a problem today, wish to prevent future issues or want to solve the problem yourself with our online troubleshooter.
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