When data on certain variables is not available for the construction of a building, generalized models are used to assess their heat consumption. However, buildings and their associated substations in the district heating (DH) network of a city have pretty different parameters. Therefore, an error up to 30% is achieved and moreover that type of assessing results into illogical conclusions. To deal with it, the feasibility and validity of the heat demand characteristics should be verified by a handheld thermal camera at the ground level. The primary way is to improve overall DH system efficiency by reducing distribution losses and ensuring correct supply and return temperatures, other ways are related to reduction of heat losses at a demand side.

Some features of use of water supply systems in the conditions of the Far North are stated. the considered water supply system in Igarka prior to the reconstruction. The reasons for the need for reconstruction of existing water intake facilities are presented. The composition of the reconstructed water intake facilities is described. The experience of operation of reconstructed water supply facilities in Igarka is summarized

A thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of the combustion of two long-flame hard coals from the Republic of Khakassia, pine sawdust and their blends in the air stream, depending on the chemical composition and thermal characteristics of the samples, was carried out. The ignition temperature and the burn-out temperature of the coke residue of the studied samples were determined by extrapolation using the TG and DTG curves. The indices of ignition, burnout and combustion are calculated taking into account the time parameters. The ignition temperature of pine sawdust was Ti = 308 °C, the burnout temperature was Tb = 490 °C. When sawdust was added to the coals, the combustion process of the blend shifted to lower temperatures, and the ignition temperature decreased by more than 100 °C compared to the ignition temperature of the coals. The energy -efficient compositions of blends that ensure their high combustion characteristics are determined

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The work investigated the thermal behavior of Borodino coal, brown coal coke and mixed fuel, consisting of 80 % Borodino brown coal and 20 % brown coal coke during the combustion process using thermogravimetric analysis. The chemical composition of the samples is presented. When analyzing the TG-DTG curves, combustion characteristics were determined, such as: ignition temperature (Ti) and coke burnout temperature (Te), flammability index, integral combustion parameter. To determine Ti and Te, the technique of crossing the TG and DTG curves was applied and justified. An electron microscopic study of the cross-section of a lignite coke particle has been carried out. The results of the study showed that the addition of lignite coke to brown coal has a positive effect on its combustion characteristics