Main target of this master´s thesis is a projection of a thermal circuit of a heating plant, which uses waste heat of a cogeneration unit with power of 1600 kWe. Electric power of a cogeneration unit is supplemented with an electric power produced from a waste heat. All heat is further used for heating in a warm water heating system. Within this thesis are executed projections of a thermal circuit of a heating plant, choice of particular devices, determination of a thermal power of devices and also determination of conditions of particular heat – transferring substances. Furthermore, design of particular devices is made, mainly for basic dimensions and heat transfer.

The objective of this study is to investigate the eect of dierent fuels on two uidized bed boiler systemsat the energy company Soderenergi's site in Igelsta, called IKV and IGV P3. Today, recovered wastewood (RWW) is the major fuel share fed into the boilers. However, with an insecure fuel supply in thefuture, other fuel types must be considered. Based on knowledge from previous fuel usage in the boilers,an evaluation of how other potential fuel mixtures may eect the operation is conducted. The additionalfuels considered in the fuel blends are; stem wood chips, cutter shavings, solid recycled fuel (SRF) andrubber.With elemental analysis of the fuels and established key numbers, the previous fuel mixtures are evaluated.The indications by the guiding parameters are compared with experienced problems and the formercondition of the boilers, and the risk limits for the key numbers are adjusted to a suitable level. Thepotential mixtures are evaluated with the key numbers and the updated limits. In addition to the keynumbers, the heavy metal concentration, the heating value, the moisture content and the ash content ofthe fuel blends are included in the evaluation. The considered damages in the boilers caused by the fuelblends are corrosion, sintering and fouling.The damage level from the current fuel usage for IKV and IGV P3 is fairly low. The results from theanalyzed fuel mixtures show an increased damage risk in the boilers. Additionally, adjustments of theboiler systems are required by some of the analyzed fuel mixtures. In general, the corrosion risk andthe heavy metal content will increase in comparison with today's fuel. The fouling and slagging are aswell expected to increase for the assessed fuel mixtures. Moreover, the result illustrates an increased ashgeneration, which demands a reconstruction of the ash cooling system for IKV. Furthermore, the increaseof LHV in the assessed fuel mixtures to IGV P3, is likely to require an increased capacity of the ue gasrecirculation pump.In the analysis of the potential fuel mixtures it is found that the corrosion risk expressed by the keynumbers is reduced with a higher share of rubber. The heavy metal content is, however, increased,leading to e.g. an enhanced risk for formation of eutectic salts, which as well are corrosive. On thecontrary, the fuel mixtures with a high risk expressed by the key numbers, have the lowest concentrationsof heavy metals. Due to the results are con icting, a balance between the risk indicated by the keynumbers and the heavy metal concentration must be considered in the evaluation. The fuel mixturesconsidered causing least damage to IKV are a mixture of 42% RWW, 48% wood fuel and 15% SRF, and amixture of 70% wood fuel, 20% SRF and 10% rubber. The fuel mixtures considered causing least damageto IGV P3 are a mixture of 85% RWW and 15% rubber and a mixture of 70% RWW and 30% SRF. / Syftet med studien var att undersoka branslets paverkan pa tva uidbaddpannor, IKV och IGV P3, hos energiforetaget Soderenergi. Idag ar det huvudsakliga branslet i dessa pannor returtra (RT). Med en standigtrorlig branslemarknad kravs kunskap av alternativa branslen. Baserat pa tidigare bransleanvandning,har paverkan fran potentiella bransleblandningar pa pannan undersokts. Utover returtra ar stamveds is,span, papper-plast-tra (SRF) och gummi med i de analyserade blandningarna.Med elementaranalyser pa branslen och etablerade nyckeltal utvarderades de tidigare anvanda branslena.Indikationen fran nyckeltalen ar jamford med upplevda problem och risknivaerna for nyckeltalen arandrade till passande nivaer. De framtida bransleblandningarna analyserades med hjalp av nyckeltalenoch de uppdaterade risknivaerna. Utover nyckeltalen analyserades tungmetallhalten, varmevardet, fukthaltenoch askhalten i bransleblandningarna. De pannskador orsakade av bransleblandningarna somundersokts ar korrosion, sintring och paslag.Det nuvarande branslet till IKV och IGV P3 ger en relativt lag skadeniva. Resultaten fran de analyseradebransleblandningarna visar att skaderisken i pannorna kommer att oka och forandringar av pannan kankomma att kravas. Generellt kommer korrosionsrisken och tungmetallinnehallet att oka i jamforelse meddagens bransle. Okat paslag och slaggning ar ocksa forvantat. Vidare visar resultatet att askproduktionenkommer att oka, vilket gor att IKVs kylsystem for bottenaskan kommer behovas byggas ut. LHV for deanalyserade bransleblandningarna for IGV P3 okar, vilket innebar att kapaciteten for returgas aktarnatroligen maste okas.I jamforelsen av de olika bransleblandningarna visas att korrosionsrisken, forutspadd av nyckeltalen,minskar med en hogre andel gummi. Daremot okar tungmetallinnehallet, vilket leder till en okad riskfor bildning av eutektiska salter, vilka ocksa ar korrosiva. Bransleblandningarna med en indikerad hogrisk av nyckeltalen, har tvartemot den lagsta koncentrationen av tungmetaller. Eftersom resultatenar motsagande, kravs en avvagning mellan riskerna indikerade av nyckeltalen och tungmetallshalten.De bransleblandningar som ar ansedda att vara minst skadliga for IKV ar en blandning av 42% RT,48% tradbransle och 15% SRF, och en blandning av 70% tradbransle, 20% SRF och 10% gummi. Debransleblandning som ar ansedda att vara minst skadliga for IGV P3 ar en blandning av 85% RT och15% gummi, och en blandning av 70% RT och 30% SRF.

På uppdrag från Umeå Energi AB ska två av deras rostereldade värmepannor (panna 6 och 7) undersökas med avseende på pannverkningsgraden. Umeå Energi genomför i dagsläget månadsvisa kontroller av pannverkningsgraden beräknade med den direkta metoden. Denna beräkningsmetod är dessvärre ganska otillförlitlig, vilket medför att en noggrannare undersökning av pannverkningsgraden krävs. Av denna anledning så beräknades pannverkningsgraden med den indirekta beräkningsmetoden, vilket resulterade i ett mer tillförlitligt resultat där även pannans förlustfaktorer bestämdes. Pannverkningsgraden beräknades och analyserades med hänsyn till de ingående förlustfaktorerna vid samma nyttiga effekt för båda pannorna. För att genomföra detta arbete så undersöktes först de rådande standarderna inom området, detta för att välja ut den mest lämpliga standarden för detta arbete beträffande kriterier och viktiga beräkningsfaktorer. De viktigaste provtagningarna och analyserna som dessa standarder berörde gällde bränsle, aska och rökgaser. För att genomföra alla provtagningar skapades ett provtagningsschema. Provtagningarna genomfördes på båda pannorna vid två olika provtagningstillfällen, därefter skickades proverna på analys och pannverkningsgraden kunde sedan beräknas.Resultatet som detta arbete resulterade i är att panna 6 har något högre pannverkningsgrad än panna 7, 89,3 respektive 82,8 %. Detta medför att förlustfaktorerna står för 10,7 samt 17,2 % för panna 6 respektive panna 7, där den överlägset största förlustfaktorn är rökgasförlusterna. Denna förlustfaktor beror till stor del på rökgasernas temperatur och fukthalt. Rökgasförlusterna uppgår till 9,5 samt 16,3 % på panna 6 respektive panna 7. Därefter i storleksordningen kommer askförlusterna för panna 6 (0,8 %) och värmeförlusterna för panna 7 (0,5 %). Både värmeförlusterna och askförlusterna för panna 6 respektive panna 7 uppgår till en förlustfaktor på 0,3 %. Den minsta förlustfaktorn är oförbränt i gasfas (CO) som ligger mellan 0–0,1 % för panna 6 och panna 7, detta tyder på låga halter av kolmonoxid och oförbränt i rökgaserna.De effektiviseringsförslag som detta arbete ledde fram till var att minska fukthalten och temperaturen på de utgående rökgaserna, detta genom att installera en rökgaskondenseringsanläggning som sänker rökgastemperaturen ytterligare och kondenserar ut mer fukt från rökgaserna. Detta realiseras genom att sänka kondensattemperaturen i rökgaskondenseringsanläggningen antingen genom lägre returledningstemperatur på fjärrvärmen som värmeväxlas mot kondensatet eller via en värmepump placerad mellan fjärrvärmereturen och kondensatet som arbetar med en lägre drifttemperatur än fjärrvärmen. Ett annat effektiviseringsförslag är att förbättra bränslehanteringen genom att torka bränslet innan de matas in i pannan. Slutligen skulle också en mer frekvent uppföljning av bränsleparametrar såsom värmevärde vara ett möjligt effektiviseringsförslag. Alla dessa förslag kräver dessvärre en ekonomisk och tekniskt utredning för att avgöra om dessa effektiviseringsförslag är ekonomiskt försvarbara samt tekniskt genomförbara. / On behalf of Umeå Energi AB, two of their grate fired heating boilers (boiler 6 and 7) was evaluated with respect to boiler efficiency. Currently these boiler efficiency calculations is carried out monthly by the input-output method. This calculation method is unfortunately rather unreliable, which means that a more exact examination of the boiler efficiency is required. For this reason, the boiler efficiency was calculated using the energy balance method, which gives more reliable results and also evaluates the boiler losses. Boiler efficiency was calculated and analysed with respect to the boiler losses at approximately the same useful effect for both the boilers.To perform this work the leading standards in the field were examined, which was done in order to evaluate the most appropriate standard with regard to criteria and important calculation factors. The most important samples and analyses that these standards was concerned with was fuel, ash and flue gas. To conduct all sampling, a sampling plan was created. All samplings was performed on both boilers at two sampling occasions, the samples were then sent for analysis and the boiler efficiency could then be calculated.The result from this work shows that boiler 6 has slightly higher boiler efficiency than boiler 7, 89.3 and 82.8% respectively. As a result, the boiler losses total up to 10.7 and 17.2% for boiler 6 and 7 respectively, where the flue gas losses constitutes the largest losses. The flue gas losses depends largely on the temperature of the flue gases and the moisture content. Flue gas losses sums up to 9.5 and 16.3% on boiler 6 and 7 respectively. The second largest boiler loss is ash losses on boiler 6 which sums up to 0.8% and heat losses on boiler 7 which sums up to 0.5%. The heat losses on boiler 6 and the ash losses on boiler 7 both sums up to a boiler loss of 0.3 %. The smallest loss factor is unburned in gas phase (CO) and is between 0–0.1% for boiler 6 and boiler 7, this suggests low levels of carbon monoxide and unburned in flue gases.The efficiency proposals this work resulted in was to reduce the moisture content and temperature of the outgoing flue gases, this by installing a flue gas condenser, which lowers the temperature further and condenses out more moisture from the flue gases. This is realized by reducing the flue gas condensate temperature either through lowering district heating return temperature which exchange heat with the flue gas condensate or through a heat pump that is placed between the district heating return and flue gas condensate which operates at a lower temperature than the district heating. Another efficiency proposals is to improve the fuel handling by drying the fuel before being fed into the furnace. Finally, also a more frequent follow up of the fuel parameters such as calorific value would be a possible efficiency proposal. All of these proposals require unfortunately economic and technical investigation to determine whether these efficiency proposals are economically viable and technically feasible.

På det kommunalägda energiföretaget Sala Heby Energi AB pågår arbetet med att konvertera styrningen av en värmepanna från relästyrning och analog övervakning till digital styrning med PLC. Inom ramarna för detta examensarbete studeras tre specifika delar av denna konvertering: en teoretisk studie med syfte att kartlägga fördelar och nackdelar med konverteringen, en undersökning huruvida det finns möjlighet att förbättra en-skilda styrfunktioner i samband med konverteringen och upprättande av ett principschema eller översiktsbild över värmepannan som ska fungera som underlag till dess implementering i kraftvärmeverkets SCADA-system. En fördel med relästyrningen är att den kan vara kostnadseffektiv för att klara enskilda enkla styruppgifter. Dock, överlag och i synnerhet för styrning av större mer komplexa processer talar det mesta till den digitala styrningens fördel. Detta i form av kostnadseffektivitet för större system, möjligheter till mer effektiv larmhantering och möjligheten till loggning av driftdata. Två enskilda funktioner studeras: reglering av värmepannans siktskärm i förhållande till ångdomstrycket och styrning för bränslehanteringen. För reglering av siktskärmens höjd jämförs två alter-nativ med hjälp av simuleringar i Simulink. Konventionell PID-reglering jämförs mot en egenkonstruerad fuzzy-regulator. Mycket på grund av en bristfälligt underbyggd modellering av processen går inte fuzzy-regulatorns eventuella fördelar mot PID-regulatorn att fastställa. Framtida studier av fuzzy-regulatorn skulle potentiellt kunna ändra på detta förhållande. Vidare diskuteras styrningen av funktioner i bränslehantering och då främst autentisering av chaufförer som ska bränslefylla. För att de ska få tillgång till bränslehanteringens funktioner när kraftvärmeverket är obemannat föreslås det en lösning med nyckelbrytare för att aktivera aktuella styrfunktioner. Slutligen tas en ny digital översiktsbild fram över systemet för värmepannan. Denna innehåller mindre uppdateringar och anpassningar jämfört med två översiktsbilder som finns uppritade på de gamla styrskåpen. / At the municipality-owned energy company Sala Heby Energi AB work is underway to convert the control of a heating-pan from relay control and analog monitoring to digital control with PLC. Within the framework of this degree project, three specific parts of this conversion are studied: a theoretical study aimed at mapping the pros and cons of the conversion, an examination of the possibility of improving individual control functions in conjunction with the conversion and the establishment of a schematic diagram or overview of the heat boiler that will serve as a basis for its implementation in the SCADA-system of the combined power and heating plant. An advantage of relay control is that it can be cost-effective to handle individual simple control tasks. However, overall and in particular for controlling major more complex processes the benefits of digital control is large. This in terms of cost-effectiveness for larger systems, possibilities for more efficient alarm management and the ability to log operational data. Two individual functions are studied: control of the heating pans damper in relation to the steam pressure and fuel management control. To adjust the height of the damper, two control options are compared using Simulink simulations. Conventional PID control is com-pared to a self-configured fuzzy controller. Much due to a poorly substantiated modelling of the process, the fuzzy regulator's possible benefits to the PID regulator can not be determined. Future studies of the fuzzy regulator could potentially change this circumstance. Furthermore, the control of functions for the fuel management are discussed, mainly authorship of drivers who will fill fuel to the fuel storage. In order for them to have access to the fuel management functions when the combined power and heating plant is unmanned, a key switch solution is proposed to activate the control functions. Finally, a new digital overview picture is produced for the system of the heating pan. This contains minor up-dates and adjustments compared to two overview images depicted on the old control cabinets.

In this thesis, I was solved assessment of nuclear power plant Dukovany, conection to the hot water network to city Brno. For determine the size needful enforcement was necessary to establish the heat balance of needs of the city of Brno and the size of the heat supply options. After that it was possible to determine the dimensions of pipes and optimize his routes of due to the current state of land along the route of thermal power supply. Power supply parameters were chosen with regard to the possibilities of technology used for transmission of the media and the status quo for distribution of the city Brno. After pushing the power supply ahead of the city Brno into the pumping station Bosonohy, and second part of the solution was the connection to the backbone wiring SCZT heat to individual customers. The last point was elaborated design management system of heat from nuclear power plant and urban local based resources on current management of heat supply system using consumption diagrams SCZT.

This work deals with the issue of supply restoring for heating plant Teplárny Brno, a. s. Špitálka division, after a system-wide failure of the “blackout”. The thesis solves the “black start” of the Špitálka Teplárny Brno operation by delivering a voltage from the hydroelectric power Vír I, proposes a methodology for commissioning of individual devices, up to phasing the generators with subsequent possibility of creating an “island mode” in the area of Brno city, which the work already does not deal with. The work also deals with the preparation of the operational test, while starts of the selected devices are tested. The schedule of commissioning of each device is supported by calculations of the parameters for the entire system with regard to voltage drops while connecting the high load. The result of this work is the proposal of methodological process of supply restoring for power plant Teplárny Brno – Špitálka division, by submission a voltage from the hydroelectric power Vír I, which can be used both in any system-wide failure of the “blackout”, or during the operational test.

The aim of this thesis is to consider the operation of dredge pump and design new technology of slag removal including return on investment calculation. The operation optimization itself was preceded by analysis of present technology, data collection, calculation of pressure losses and pinpointing the causes of their origin. Subsequently, the measures to elimination of losses were deduced and these measures were implemented into optimization of dredge pump operation itself. The return on investment into the new technology of slag removal is calculated in the last chapter, considering its feasibility in the heating plant.

The diploma thesis deals with possibility of utilization raw materials from alternative sources for production of cement-bonded particleboards. In theoretical part the possibilities of modifying composition of cement-bonded slabs with emphasis on their matrix are discussed in detail. On basis of the findings and their evaluation, waste from the formatting of cement-bonded particleboards, micronized limestone, heat sink and high temperature fly ash were selected to the composition modification. The mentioned raw materials were analyzed and subsequently tested as substitutes for the matrix of cement-bonded particleboards in the experimental part. The properties of the proposed materials were tested even in the longer term, including the microstructure.

This diploma thesis deals with the operational and economic assessment of the installation of new TG3 turbines in the Perov Heating Plant. The beginning of this thesis deals with a brief theoretical introduction of this investment and describes the classical economic evaluation methods and the Monte Carlo method. Subsequently, the investment project was analyzed and inputs for the economic model were created. The economic model was then evaluated using classical methods and Monte Carlo methods, the results are then compared with each other. Based on the results of the economic evaluation, the most efficient variant of the Perov Heating Plant technology was chosen.

This thesis deals with an architectural case study of the city block in the Svitava industrial zone bordered by the Svitava river in the east, Ring road in the west, Milady Horákové street in the north and Zvonařka street in the south. Špitálka Smart City is located right in the centre of this area. The thesis is modeled on the Špitálka Smart City urban study, that was the outcome of the pre-thesis seminar in the winter term 2020/21. The urban study objective was the urban renewal of the Brno teplárny (heating plant) area and its surroundings as well as a design of a new urban boulevard. To effectively use the place a residential building with commercial spaces on the groundfloor has been designed. The building consists of four sections, which share two underground storeys providing parking space and space for building services. The case study further develops only the section that is labeled A in the study. Section A offers 23 housing units and a café. The design aims at high quality housing with a view of the city replacing the former industrial zone.