Biomass District Heating Feasibility Study, Longford Town
Longford Community Resources Limited
Ireland
RPS was appointed by Longford Community Resources Limited (LCRL) to carry out a biomass district heating feasibility study for Longford Town.
Initially RPS developed a data spreadsheet and an energy end use map following extensive consultation with potential customers identified by LCRL. The consultation phase involved issuing of questionnaires, followed up with phone calls, emails and meetings, in order to gather thorough energy use data. A spreadsheet model was developed to accept and analyse this data. Following the consultation phase a preliminary design of a district heating system was completed. This design was based on the energy end use map and data spreadsheet.
The following tasks were completed at this stage:
Sizing of heat sources
Pipe routing taking into account potential customer locations, land use, pipe sizing, pipe type, no. of road crossings required, etc
The optimum flow and return temperatures for the system were determined
Sizing of pipes based on the required heat delivery capacity of the overall network, individual heat loads and on the defined flow and return temperatures
Heat source locations/ potential sites were identified
Customer heat exchanger requirements were defined
Calculation of annual energy consumption
Calculation of annual carbon emissions reduction