Heating

Heating is an optional feature and is only available when seasons are enabled in game settings.
==Background==
District heating (also known as heat networks or teleheating) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location through a system of insulated pipes for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating. The heat is often obtained from a cogeneration plant burning fossil fuels or biomass, but heat-only boiler stations, geothermal heating, heat pumps and central solar heating are also used, as well as heat waste from factories and nuclear power electricity generation.
District heating plants can provide higher efficiencies and better pollution control than localized boilers. According to some research, district heating with combined heat and power (CHPDH) is the cheapest method of cutting carbon emissions, and has one of the lowest carbon footprints of all fossil generation plants.
==Gameplay==
Heating is a demanded utility, similar to Electricity. Without heating, workers' health will deteriorate, causing them to flee the republic or die. Heating is distributed to structures by heating plants and heat exchangers. Heat is only a necessity for some buildings, like apartments, stores, fire stations, schools, etc.
===Heat Generation===
Heat is generated in Heat Plants. Currently both heating plants are coal fired. The Big Heating Plant, just called Heating Plant, has 7 heating pipe output connections that can hook up big or small heating pipes, and has one conveyor input. The Small Heat Plant has 4 heating pipe output connections that can only hook up small heating pipes, and also has one conveyor input.
===Heat Distribution===
Heat is distributed to buildings directly from the heating plant or can be transported in pipes to pumping stations or heat exchangers. Heat pipes have a maximum distance of 1000m. Buildings that demand heat store a small amount of hot water, so any intermittency in heating generation will not immediately affect buildings.
===Notes===
* The maximum temperature out of the heating plant is 90 degrees Celsius.
* Temperature above 20 degrees Celsius in buildings is good, everything below will impact health and happiness of citizens.
* The closer the building to the heat exchanger, the higher the temperature in a building.
* Heat pipes above ground lose more heat to the environment during transport compared to underground heating pipes. Downside of underground heating pipes: takes longer to build and more expensive.
* Keep the heating plant at about 700m away from the city edge you are not expanding to, because of pollution.
==Buildings related to heat==
===Heating plant===
Name 	Cost 	Workers	Production	Consumption	Pollution 	 	 	Storage 	Structure	Structure 	Notes
heating plant 	See below	30 	 	 	26.5 tons/year 	63 MWh	1064 kW	1050m3 Heat water tank	Access 	1x road access7x heating pipes 	
heating plant 	See below	30 	 	 	26.5 tons/year 	63 MWh	1064 kW	1050m3 Heat water tank	 	3 	
Small heating plant 	See below	7 	 	 	7 tons/year 	12 MWh	213 kW 	210m3 Heat water tank 	Access 	1x road access4x heating pipes 	
Small heating plant 	See below	7 	 	 	7 tons/year 	12 MWh	213 kW 	210m3 Heat water tank 	 	2 	
Available from Workers & resources: Soviet Republic patch 0.8.9Incinerator - heating plant	See below	15 	 	 	38.20 tons/year	40 MWh	682 MWh	(Import) (Export) 	Access 	3x footpath access1x road access3x factory connection	By burning Mixed waste, the Incinerator power plant produces warm water to distribute to the nearby city. Only available when Waste management is selected in game settings.
Available from Workers & resources: Soviet Republic patch 0.8.9Incinerator - heating plant	See below	15 	 	 	38.20 tons/year	40 MWh	682 MWh	(Import) (Export) 	 	3 	By burning Mixed waste, the Incinerator power plant produces warm water to distribute to the nearby city. Only available when Waste management is selected in game settings.
===Heating pumping station===
Name 	Cost	Workers	Production	Consumption	Pollution	 	 	Storage 	Structure	Structure 	Notes
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,	None 	 	 	None 	24 MWh	400 kW	300m3 Heat water tank	Access 	1x road access4x heating pipes	
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,	None 	 	 	None 	11 MWh	199 kW	100m3 Heat water tank	Access 	1x road access3x heating pipes	
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===Heat exchanger===
Name 	Cost	Workers	Production	Consumption	Pollution	 	 	Storage 	Structure	Structure 	Notes
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,	None 	 	 	None 	18 MWh 	300 kW	300m3 Heat water tank	Access 	1x road access1x heating pipe 	
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,	None 	 	 	None 	6.0 MWh	99 kW 	100m3 Heat water tank	Access 	1x road access1x heating pipe 	
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===Heating pipe===
Name 	Cost	Throughput	Notes
Heating pipe small 	, ,
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Heating pipe big 	, ,
Usage depends on length and depth.	300m³ 	
Heating pipe underground small	, ,
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Usage depends on length and depth.	100m³ 	
Heating pipe underground big 	, ,
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Usage depends on length and depth.	300m³ 	
===Construction===
;Heating plant
;Small heating plant
;Incinerator - heating plant
==Gallery==
File:Heat Pipes.jpg|Heat Pipes
File:Heating Pumping Station.jpg|Heat Pumping Station
File:Small Heating Pumping Station.jpg|Small Heat Pumping Station
File:Heat Exchanger.jpg|Heat Exchanger
File:Small Heat Exchanger.jpg|Small Heat Exchanger
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Category:Utilities