KENBOP

Project description

Corrosion and the formation of deposits are significant disruptive factors for the efficient operation of building heating and cooling systems. In addition to planning, filling with the right filling water and the water chemistry processes during the running-in phase of the systems, which lasts several months, are crucial to ensuring that the systems run efficiently over the long term.

In the project, modern tools for reliable corrosion monitoring are being tested and further developed - especially for the sensitive commissioning phase. This includes a newly developed internet-based sensor system (FeQuan) in conjunction with the specially enhanced building performance software from project partner Synavision GmbH. Steinbeis Innovationszentrum energie+ and ELOdrive GmbH are also involved in the consortium. The aim is to support the commissioning of the building heating and cooling circuits from the planning stage, through construction, implementation and subsequent use. A total of nine building heating and cooling circuits in four new buildings in Germany are being examined with regard to corrosion processes.

The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) on the basis of the German government's 6th Energy Research Programme and is assigned to the Energy-Optimized Building (EnOB) research focus of the Energiewendebauen research initiative.