Gas heating in the desert: for hot water around the clock
Gas heating in the desert: for hot water around the clock
Even in the desert, a solar thermal system is not enough to supply hot water around the clock. On the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, Hoval UltraGas gas condensing boilers are used to provide backup heating.
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Landmark project: Palm Jumeirah in Dubai
"Using solar thermal energy to heat water is a major challenge for the hotel and tourism industry in particular, because there are huge peaks in consumption over the course of the day."
explains Günther Köb, product manager for fossil fuels at Hoval. "In addition, Dubai has one of the highest water consumption levels in the world. These two factors had to be taken into account in the technical specifications for the backup heating in the Palm Jumeirah project,”
Solar thermal system combined with a modern gas boiler
Dubai has the perfect climate for solar energy. Despite the many hours of sunshine that the desert city enjoys, however, the use of solar thermal systems is limited. It is not the sun that is the limiting factor here, but the capacity of the hot water storage tanks. To combat this problem, Hoval gas heating has been installed in luxury villas and 11-storey apartment blocks on the Palm Jumeirah. The highly efficient UltraGas gas condensing boiler complements the solar system perfectly and produces hot water when the solar-heated water has been used up.