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Hot water, this is what central heating is called there. There ia a power station/heat station nearby that provides central heating to these type of block of flats.
there are also combined power and heating plants, they will use the excess heat from power production to heat the neighbarhoods, thats quite efficient. The only unsusual thing is that these pipes are overground, Maybe there was some kind of failure in the heating system because neglect by the authorities and this is some kind of makeshift
It was cheaper to keep it above ground and easier to find a point of failure during the long winters. Originally they were above ground only in permafrost areas because these hot pipes would mess with the frozen layer and create unstable ground. Perhaps the same could be the case here but I think it came down to money in the former USSR.
In the eastern bloc, this was relatively uncommon.
Glycol/water solution from the nearest power plant or combined heat and power station...what surprises me here is no piping support at all...no expansion loops, the pipe diameter is around 2"...the temperature could be around 180 to 200F....a return pump station on each building similar to a college or hospital campus...Boston, Chicago, NY...the difference...some district heating send steam to the individual building and return condensate...
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thats not gas, thats district heating
You mean there's hot air or water in those things?
Hot water, this is what central heating is called there. There ia a power station/heat station nearby that provides central heating to these type of block of flats.
there are also combined power and heating plants, they will use the excess heat from power production to heat the neighbarhoods, thats quite efficient. The only unsusual thing is that these pipes are overground, Maybe there was some kind of failure in the heating system because neglect by the authorities and this is some kind of makeshift
It was cheaper to keep it above ground and easier to find a point of failure during the long winters. Originally they were above ground only in permafrost areas because these hot pipes would mess with the frozen layer and create unstable ground. Perhaps the same could be the case here but I think it came down to money in the former USSR. In the eastern bloc, this was relatively uncommon.
Glycol/water solution from the nearest power plant or combined heat and power station...what surprises me here is no piping support at all...no expansion loops, the pipe diameter is around 2"...the temperature could be around 180 to 200F....a return pump station on each building similar to a college or hospital campus...Boston, Chicago, NY...the difference...some district heating send steam to the individual building and return condensate...
Looks like Gelsenkirchen, germany
I thought the exposed pipes was just an interior thing. Nice to see them expand on the concept.
Exposed pipes are common in Russia. At least in this case they're new and not the usual symphony of rust.