Heating
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Heating is an optional feature and is only available when seasons are enabled in game settings.
Background
District heating (also known as heat networks or teleheating) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location through a system of insulated pipes for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating. The heat is often obtained from a cogeneration plant burning fossil fuels or biomass, but heat-only boiler stations, geothermal heating, heat pumps and central solar heating are also used, as well as heat waste from factories and nuclear power electricity generation.
District heating plants can provide higher efficiencies and better pollution control than localized boilers. According to some research, district heating with combined heat and power (CHPDH) is the cheapest method of cutting carbon emissions, and has one of the lowest carbon footprints of all fossil generation plants.
Gameplay
Heating is a demanded utility, similar to Electricity. Without heating, workers' health will deteriorate, causing them to flee the republic or die. Heating is distributed to structures by heating plants and heat exchangers. Heat is only a necessity for some buildings, like apartments, stores, fire stations, schools, etc.
Heat Generation
Heat is generated in Heat Plants. Currently both heating plants are coal fired. The Big Heating Plant, just called Heating Plant, has 7 heating pipe output connections that can hook up big or small heating pipes, and has one conveyor input. The Small Heat Plant has 4 heating pipe output connections that can only hook up small heating pipes, and also has one conveyor input.
Heat Distribution
Heat is distributed to buildings directly from the heating plant or can be transported in pipes to pumping stations or heat exchangers. Heat pipes have a maximum distance of 1000m. Buildings that demand heat store a small amount of hot water, so any intermittency in heating generation will not immediately affect buildings.
Notes
- The maximum temperature out of the heating plant is 90 degrees Celsius.
- Temperature above 20 degrees Celsius in buildings is good, everything below will impact health and happiness of citizens.
- The closer the building to the heat exchanger, the higher the temperature in a building.
- Heat pipes above ground lose more heat to the environment during transport compared to underground heating pipes. Downside of underground heating pipes: takes longer to build and more expensive.
- Keep the heating plant at about 700m away from the city edge you are not expanding to, because of pollution.
Heating plant
Name | Cost | Workers | Production | Consumption | Pollution | Energy | Wattage | Storage | Structure | Notes | |
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heating plant |
See below | 30 | Heat | 210 GJCoal 0.60m3/day Water |
8.4t 26.5 tons/year | 63 MWh | 1064 kW | Coal 1050m3 Heat water tank |
80t Access | 1x road access 7x heating pipes |
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L/U | 3 | ||||||||||
Small heating plant |
See below | 7 | Heat | 42 GJCoal 0.14m3/day Water |
2.1t 7 tons/year | 12 MWh | 213 kW | Coal 210m3 Heat water tank |
45t Access | 1x road access 4x heating pipes |
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L/U | 2 | ||||||||||
[1] Incinerator - heating plant |
See below | 15 | Heat | 135GJMixed waste 0.30m3/day Water |
45t 38.20 tons/year | 40 MWh | 682 MWh | Mixed waste (Import) 39t Mixed waste (Export) |
45t Access | 3x footpath access 1x road access 3x factory connection |
By burning Mixed waste[1], the Incinerator power plant produces warm water to distribute to the nearby city. Only available when Waste management[1] is selected in game settings. |
L/U | 3 |
Heating pumping station
Name | Cost | Workers | Production | Consumption | Pollution | Energy | Wattage | Storage | Structure | Notes | |
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Heating pumping station |
Workdays, 3.0t Concrete, Gravel, 1.8t Asphalt, |
134 None | None | 24 MWh | 400 kW | 300m3 Heat water tank | Access | 1x road access 4x heating pipes |
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L/U | None | ||||||||||
Small heating Pumping Station |
Workdays, 1.7t Concrete, Gravel, 1.0t Asphalt, |
91 None | None | 11 MWh | 199 kW | 100m3 Heat water tank | Access | 1x road access 3x heating pipes |
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L/U | None |
Heat exchanger
Name | Cost | Workers | Production | Consumption | Pollution | Energy | Wattage | Storage | Structure | Notes | |
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Heat exchanger |
Workdays, 10t Concrete, Gravel, 6.6t Asphalt, |
726 None | None | 18 MWh | 300 kW | 300m3 Heat water tank | Access | 1x road access 1x heating pipe |
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L/U | None | ||||||||||
Heat exchanger[2] |
Workdays, 10t Concrete, Gravel, 6.6t Asphalt, |
726 None | None | 18 MWh | 300 kW | 300m3 Heat water tank | Access | 1x footpath access 1x heating pipe |
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L/U | None | ||||||||||
Small heat exchanger |
Workdays, 6.9t Concrete, Gravel, 4.2t Asphalt, |
340 None | None | 6.0 MWh | 99 kW | 100m3 Heat water tank | Access | 1x road access 1x heating pipe |
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L/U | None | ||||||||||
Small heat exchanger[2] |
Workdays, 6.9t Concrete, Gravel, 4.2t Asphalt, |
340 None | None | 6.0 MWh | 99 kW | 100m3 Heat water tank | Access | 1x footpath access 1x heating pipe |
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L/U | None |
Heating pipe
Name | Cost | Throughput | Notes |
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Heating pipe small |
Workdays, Steel, Mechanical components |
100m³ | |
Heating pipe big |
Workdays, Steel, Mechanical components |
300m³ | |
Heating pipe underground small |
Workdays, Concrete, Gravel, Steel, |
100m³ | |
Heating pipe underground big |
Workdays, Concrete, Gravel, Steel, |
300m³ |
Construction
- Heating plant
Requirements | |||
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1949 36t 25t 8.5t 58t 45t 2.2t 75t |
- Small heating plant
Requirements | |||
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907 11t 32t 10t 18t 14t 1.6t 20t |
- Incinerator - heating plant
Requirements | |||
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1653 29t 47t 36t 2.8t 77t |
Gallery
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Available from Workers & resources: Soviet Republic patch 0.8.9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Available from Workers & resources: Soviet Republic patch 0.9.0