Re:How the New York City steam system works
by greenyoda on Saturday October 29, 2022 @09:11PM
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> But what do they do to the steam once it gets to the top of a building?
There are return lines that bring the hot water back to the plant. But the steam from the central system never gets to the top of a building. The heat from that steam gets transferred to the building's own closed system through a heat exchanger. The process is described here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating#Heat_distribu...
There are return lines that bring the hot water back to the plant. But the steam from the central system never gets to the top of a building. The heat from that steam gets transferred to the building's own closed system through a heat exchanger. The process is described here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating#Heat_distribu...
A diagram can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:District_heating.gif