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Real-world projects planned and sized with VICUS Districts.

District heating network “Historische Mitte” Echterdingen

District heating network “Historische Mitte” Echterdingen

Customer
Stadtwerke Leinfelden-Echterdingen
Planner
goodmen energy GmbH
3 MW
Connected load
4 km
Network length

Challenge

Multi-source system for the historic old town, 4 kilometres long, approx. 60 residential and 30 non-residential buildings. Building within historic existing structures and infrastructure that was only partially documented.

Solution with VICUS Districts

With VICUS Districts, goodmen energy was able to plan the network precisely in terms of elevation and thus avoid collisions with existing lines and pipes. The operating states of the network were successfully simulated with the software. VICUS Districts was also used to develop an innovative network pump system.

„One of the biggest challenges for municipal utilities in the coming years is the retroactive digitisation of existing pipe systems. VICUS Districts is a super tool for that!“

Andreas Kaiser, goodmen energy

District heating network “Energiepark Regensburg Süd-Ost”

Customer
REWAG AG & Co KG, Bayernwerk Natur GmbH
Planner
goodmen energy GmbH
8 km
Network length

Challenge

A district heating network with 8 km of pipe length and network temperatures of 85 °C supply and 60 °C return. One challenge was the large temperature differences between the source, a wastewater treatment plant (+8 °C), and the consumer with the highest temperature (+130 °C), who is also located furthest from the source. Consumer density is low. Optimising network losses was therefore essential in order to transport high capacities over long distances.

Solution with VICUS Districts

With VICUS Districts, heat losses from the warm network to the ground and the required pumping energy could be determined precisely. The software also calculated relevant network parameters from the demand structure in order to comply with a specified pressure loss at the design point. In addition, VICUS Districts determined the diameter of every pipe section and generated a list of all required components.

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