Despite snow, ice and vacation seasen
It is no secret that the demand for heat is highest in winter. It is unfortunate when a major heat source fails at this time of year, but it is reassuring when having the support of an agile service partner in these moments.
A green heat network
Munich’s district heating network is being supplied to a significant extent by environmentally friendly, sustainable geothermal energy. The core component of the geothermal technology is ESP, which are large, powerful Electric Submersible Pumps. If one of these breaks down in the middle of winter and then just before the holidays, every heat supplier’s Christmas peace is in danger. After all, the required heat then has to be generated at a much higher cost.
Committed and responsive
So our team interrupted their New Year’s holiday to get the affected system for Germany’s largest geothermal operator back up and running as quickly as possible.
While our logistics specialists handled the transportation of the new pump to Munich, our engineers determined the best operating parameters for the ESP.
Toys for big boys (and girls)
Our Factory Field Service Team then successfully installed the 11″ multistage centrifugal pump with a 1.5 MW submersible motor at a depth of 700 m in the geothermal well.
One bathtub per second
Since its start-up, the machine has been lifting about 100 liters of boiling-hot water per second from great depths and feeding the renewable energy it contains into Munich’s district heating network.
Clean energy from under your feet
Alone this one geothermal well and pump deliver local renewable heating provided by Mother Earth for the equivalent of 25,000 inhabitants.