Case Study: ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi A.S. models district heating cycle for Dradenau CHP plant with Datacor Fathom

ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi A.S models 180 MW CHP plant with Datacor Fathom

ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi A.S., a design and construction company, faced the challenge of designing the complex hydraulic thermal system for a new combined heat and power plant in Hamburg. To inform this design, they needed to model the central heating cycle, which involved sizing components like pumps and heat exchangers and validating pipe sizing to meet strict design requirements. They used Datacor's Fathom fluid flow modeling software for this analysis.

Datacor's solution involved using Fathom to model multiple system duty cycles and operating scenarios, including heat storage and extraction cycles and various heat supply combinations. This allowed ENKA to appropriately size all critical components and validate that all piping remained within required flow and velocity limits. The use of Fathom's Scenario Manager was so comprehensive in analyzing a range of operating conditions that the project earned a Platinum Pipe Award for Most Interesting Model.

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