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DOWNLOADDistrict heating is a system for distributing heat generated from a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements. The heat is often obtained from a cogeneration plant that burns fossil fuels, but increasingly these plants are transitioning to biomass. According to recent research, district heating is one of the cheapest methods of reducing carbon on the planet and has one of the lowest carbon footprints of all fossil fuel generation plants.
Traditionally, many campuses, universities, hospitals, and corporations have estimated steam flow by measuring condensate or using turbine meters. In this era of rising energy costs, accurate steam usage data is critical to control costs. Facility managers have long known that the condensate method lacks accuracy and turbine meters fall short in a number of ways.
SIERRA’S SOLUTION
With the capability of measuring five flow parameters with one process connection and calculating true mass flow directly with integral temperature and pressure sensors, Sierra’s InnovaMass® vortex meters provide an optimal solution.
