Heat-only boiler station
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A heat-only boiler station generates thermal energy
Thermal energy
Thermal energy is the part of the total internal energy of a thermodynamic system or sample of matter that results in the system's temperature....

 in the form of hot water
Water heating
Water heating is a thermodynamic process using an energy source to heat water above its initial temperature. Typical domestic uses of hot water are for cooking, cleaning, bathing, and space heating...

 for use in district heating
District heating
District heating is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating...

 applications. Unlike combined heat and power
Combined Heat and Power
Combined Heat and Power may refer to:* Cogeneration* Combined Heat and Power Solar...

 installations which produce thermal energy as a by-product of electricity generation
Electricity generation
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy.The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday...

, heat-only boiler stations are dedicated to generating heat.

The heat boiler station can use different fuels:
  • Natural gas
    Natural gas
    Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...

  • Heating oil
    Heating oil
    Heating oil, or oil heat, is a low viscosity, flammable liquid petroleum product used as a fuel for furnaces or boilers in buildings. Home heating oil is often abbreviated as HHO...

  • Woodchips
    Woodchips
    Woodchips are a medium-sized solid material made by cutting, or chipping, larger pieces of wood. Woodchips may be used as a biomass solid fuel. They may also be used as an organic mulch in gardening, landscaping, restoration ecology and mushroom cultivation...

  • Straw
    Straw
    Straw is an agricultural by-product, the dry stalks of cereal plants, after the grain and chaff have been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has many uses, including fuel, livestock bedding and fodder, thatching and...


See also

  • Combined heat and power
    Combined Heat and Power
    Combined Heat and Power may refer to:* Cogeneration* Combined Heat and Power Solar...

  • Cogeneration
    Cogeneration
    Cogeneration is the use of a heat engine or a power station to simultaneously generate both electricity and useful heat....

  • District heating
    District heating
    District heating is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating...

  • Power station
    Power station
    A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....

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