HEAT-METER DEVELOPMENTS FOR CHP-DH NETWORKS

Combined heat and power with district (i.e. community) heating (CHP-DH ) has had or will have, a significant and increasing role in dictating the energy strategies for most European countries. It has been, and s till is, the desired policy that heating bills are based on actual con sumption. For example, Denmark, a pioneering country in implementing D H and which already has a greater number of DH customers per head of p opulation than any other country, has for long been concerned with met ering. In the current investigation, the performance of a selection of heat meters are compared. In addition, methods of preventing fouling in different flow units are described.