Open AccessThe impact of the decreasing number of users on the evolution of a centralized heating system
Author(s) -
E. Vitan,
Tania Rus,
A. Hotupan,
C. Cilibiu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1138/1/012043
Subject(s) - inefficiency , point (geometry) , reduction (mathematics) , environmental economics , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , operations management , business , operations research , engineering , economics , mathematics , microeconomics , geometry
The paper presents an analysis of a centralized heating system located in a city in the west-central part in Romania. We examined the last 15 years of functioning of the system from a technical and economic point of view. One of the main factors that led to the inefficiency of this system, and in the end to collapse, was the reduction of the system’s thermal efficiency due to the decrease of customers over time. In conclusion, we highlighted the necessity of a periodic diagnosis of system’s efficiency and a risk analysis to avoid economic problems and collapse.