Annex II
General
The IEA's "Programme of Research, Development and Demonstration on District Heating" was established at the end of 1983. The technical areas covered by the second three-year phase are listed below.
- Review of R&D projects
- Advanced District Heating Production Technologies
- Piping techniques:
- Static problems in the laying of plastic jacket pipes
- Fittings in plastic jacket pipelines
- Welded sleeve techniques for plastic jacket pipes
- New methods in underground engineering and installing of District Heating pipelines
- Potential Telemetry Technology for District Heating
- Guidelines for Converting Building Heating Systems for Hot Water District Heating
- Advanced Energy Transmission Fluids
- Heat Meters
- Thermal Energy from Refuse Analysis (TEFRA), computer program