Energy Loss Assessment on Heat Networks in the Far North

Under the conditions of the Far North and the Arctic, heat supply is the basis for creating a life support system; permafrost soils require elevated laying of pipelines. Heat losses in heat networks are an indicator of the quality of heat supply to buildings and thermal insulation on pipelines. The work analyzes the heat losses of heat supply systems when using different types of insulation materials and when laying the return pipe of heat networks together with a water supply system. Additional losses of joint laying lead to an increase in heat energy losses of up to 15 percent relative to normalized values, but in the conditions of the Far North and the Arctic is the necessary solution. The undeveloped infrastructure system and the remoteness of settlements in the North determine the use of local fuel. The use of unprepared local fuel leads to a decrease in temperature plot parameters.