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Ground Source Heat Pumps (‘Geothermal’). Why use the ground?. Ground Temperatures below ~10m near constant throughout the year. How do you get useful heat from the ground?. Heat Pump Cycle (refrigerator in reverse). Building Side Low Temperature Heating High Temperature Cooling.
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Why use the ground? Ground Temperatures below ~10m near constant throughout the year
How do you get useful heat from the ground? Heat Pump Cycle (refrigerator in reverse) Building Side Low Temperature Heating High Temperature Cooling Ground Side Low temperature resource 1 unit of electricity = 3-5 Units of heat or coolth
Ground Coupled Heat Pump - “Closed Loop” • Horizontal Ground Loop • Less expensive … but Less Efficient • External area required • Vertical Ground Loop • More expensive… but more efficient • Require less external area
Suitable Applications • Heating and Cooling • Suited to low temperature heating (maximum of ~50) and high temperature cooling. • Not suited to older buildings with high temperature heating systems 80/60 • Suited to new build, well insulated buildings, under-floor heating, chilled beams or air based systems
Planning Aspects • Requires a stack for larger facilities • Needs good access and storage capacity • Increased vehicle movements • Important to differentiate between clean ‘wood combustion’ and contaminated (waste) facilities or incinerators • Woodland management wins and energy crops grown locally can deliver many benefits
Technical • Very flexible, can produce heat, heat and power (CHP) or heat, power and cooling (trigeneration) • Provides ‘base load power’ • The most important potential on-shore renewable for the SE Region • Applicable to small, medium or large scale applications • Traditional use in rural communities
NIMBYism • Emotional response to energy centre plans – attempts to frighten people • Based on incorrect information or even disinformation • Not uncommon – counter with the facts
Wood Fuel • Renewable energy source unlike others • Directly replaces flexibility of fossil fuels • Heat, electricity, cooling, or combined (CHP) • Carbon neutral TV Bioenergy Wood Fuel Sources Management Harvesting Chipping Dry/Storage Transportation
Types of Wood Fuel Types of wood fuel include: • Logs • Wood chip • Wood pellets TV Bioenergy Wood Fuel Sources Management Harvesting Chipping Dry/Storage Transportation
Log Burners • Up to 70% efficiency compared to less than 12% for open fires • Systems available for space heating alone or with back boilers • Buy a burner to suit the room TV Bioenergy Wood Fuel Sources Management Harvesting Chipping Dry/Storage Transportation
Log Boilers TV Bioenergy • Systems can be semi- automated • Rated up to 400kW • Ideal for home workers • Ideal for foresters/tree surgeons Wood Fuel Sources Management Harvesting Chipping Dry/Storage Transportation
Woodchip Boilers • Rated from 40kW up to 1MW • Full automated systems • Need to store the fuel in a hopper adjacent to the boiler TV Bioenergy Wood Fuel Sources Management Harvesting Chipping Dry/Storage Transportation
Woodchip Boilers • Low energy density fuel • 18MJ/t compared to 36MJ/t for oil • Vehicle access to fuel store • Low cost fuel • 1.5-2p/kWh compared to 3.5-4p/kWh for oil TV Bioenergy Wood Fuel Sources Management Harvesting Chipping Dry/Storage Transportation
Pellet Stoves • Both pellets and stoves are becoming widely available in the UK • Styles in both classic and modern • Integrated hoppers • Automated feed • Thermostatically controlled TV Bioenergy Wood Fuel Sources Management Harvesting Chipping Dry/Storage Transportation
Pellet Boilers • Require a third of the storage of wood chip boilers • Boilers cost significantly less than woodchip boilers • Fuel is more expensive than wood chip • £180/tonne – 3.6p/kWh • Fuel can be delivered bagged or in bulk • Hoppers can be built into the system TV Bioenergy Wood Fuel Sources Management Harvesting Chipping Dry/Storage Transportation
Newry Town Hospital Housing DKIT Hotel DHS Land Industry
HOLISTIC • Holistic Optimisation Leading to Integration of Sustainable Technologies In Communities Main Partners • Dundalk (Ireland) • Modling (Austria) • Neuchatel (Switzerland) Associate Communities • Cross border – Newry & Bratislava • Ministry of Environment (Italy)
Holistic Proposal – Demonstration Work packages • Biomass CHP & District Heating • Xerox wind turbine • Renewable Street lighting • Refurbishment - housing • Refurbishment – non residential • New Eco houses • New Eco non residential • Metering & DSM • Voluntary Agreements with Industry • Energy Management Bureau
Targets • 20% renewable electricity in SEZ • 20% renewable thermal in SEZ • 40% improvement in energy performance in • selected buildings • Energy agreements with industry • Upgraded planning by-laws • Integration into wider community
Project supported by GOSE on behalf of the SE Sustainable Energy Partnership Costs met from DTI/SEEDA/GOSE resources Full coverage since November 2005
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