Efficient Hot Water Solutions in Commercial Building

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With Danfoss systems you never need to worry about legionella or insufficient or cold water in the bathrooms. Our domestic hot water solutions include water heaters that can be connected to multiple tanks as well as storage and charge systems, hot water valves that prevent legionella, temperature controllers and self-limiting heating cables that are used for temperature maintenance. When used together, these combine the demand for high performance, comfort, hygiene and resource efficient operation – even during peak loads.

Production of hot water

Production of hot water is done by one of our water heaters. These can be equipped with one or more storage tanks to provide enough hot water at peak loads. They can also be equipped with a storage charging principle. They meet hygienic, safety and temperature requirements and can be connected to different energy sources. Adding hot water valves and temperature controllers help prevent legionella. All together a high performance, comfortable, hygienic and resource efficient production of DHW is achieved.

Distribution of hot water

The hot water is then distributed to the water tap points. In most cases the size of the building requires a series of risers circulating the hot water. Our Thermal balancing valves ensure the proper hydronic balance that avoids long waiting times. As these control the water temperature they also avoid too hot water causing lime, corrosion and energy inefficiency. Normally these valves are set to a temperature that avoids legionella to grow.

Smart and energy efficient legionella risk reduction

The thermal balancing valves can be equipped with thermostatic or electronic disinfection modules, allowing periodic flushing of the system to kill the legionella bacteria. The electronic temperature registration system monitors all the temperatures and initiates the safe and energy efficient disinfection cycle. It also stores the temperature data for logging purposes. The electronic controller can be easy accessed on mobile devices using Wi-Fi or be integrated into Building Management Systems (BMS) for remote control, monitoring and alarm purposes.

Close to the water tap points, there is sometimes a need to lower the hot water temperature. Our hot water mixing valves ensure the outlet water temperature is safe for consumption.

Healthy Solution

Self-limiting heating cables provide power only where needed adapting output according to the ambient temperature. It helps to reduce water waste as you can get hot water immediately providing appropriate disinfection to suppress the Legionella bacteria.

How to balance domestic hot water systems?

What are the issues and challenges in domestic hot water systems in non-residential buildings?See why hydronic balancing is important, what type of balancing is the best and how that can solve the issues.

How we can help you

One partner with high DHW expertise

High performance and energy efficiency

Comfort

Hygiene

Resource efficient operation

Reduced risk of legionella contamination

Lowest possible operating costs

MTCV Thermal balancing valves with CCR2+ electronic controller

Establish safe and energy efficient DHW systems and control them remotely on a mobile device.

Related products

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    Self-acting temperature controllers

    Thermostatic temperature controllers are used to control the flow temperature in instantaneous/storage domestic hot water and heating systems. In multi-family houses and commercial buildings, they are used for hot water systems and for return temperature limitation in district heating applications.

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    Substations

    Substations are house heating systems or units in apartments that handle heat transfer from district heating pipes into your home to get hot water and heat on demand.

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    Thermal balancing valves

    Thermal balancing valves provide a dynamic, temperature based, balancing solution for domestic hot water applications. The valves optimize the temperatures in DHW systems having constant hot water circulation. As result heat losses and risk of legionella are significantly reduced.

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    Domestic hot water systems with tank

    The water heaters with tank are suitable solutions for hospitals, sports arenas, hotels, apartment blocks and similar large buildings. The product range covers storage and charge systems which all combine the demand for high performance, comfort, hygiene and resource efficient operation.

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    MTCV with CCR2+

    MTCV Thermal balancing valves provide a dynamic, temperature based, balancing solution for drinking water applications. Combined with the CCR2+ a smart and energy-efficient electronic control solution for monitoring and disinfecting DHW systems is established.

Danfoss webinar: Challenges and solutions for effective prevention from Legionella bacteria for hospitals, hotels and residential building

Webinar: Challenges and solutions for effective prevention from Legionella bacteria for hospitals, hotels and residential building

In Europe the number of registered Legionella infections continues to grow every year. Without proper measures the number of infections will continue to grow even more. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, temporary shutdown or reduced operation of a building and reductions in normal water use can create hazards for returning occupants. All in all, the challenges not only relate to achieving a system with reduced risk of legionella contamination. In addition, energy-efficient operation and user comfort are important aspects that require a proper solution.

Join our FREE webinar and learn more about our DHW hydronic balancing and smart disinfection solutions.

For who: Everybody (technical or non-technical) involved in the specification, design, construction, maintenance or service in Domestic Hot Water systems

Topics: During the webinar you will be informed about the typical challenges to maintain both safe and energy efficient operation of DHW systems.

After this introduction we will show you how to overcome these challenges and how to create a safe and energy efficient system.

Language: English
Presenter: Peter Meza, Danfoss product manager

Date: 4th of November 2020
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 AM, CET – Login from 8:50

After your sign up you will receive an e-mail with the confirmation and you can save the webinar in your calendar.

We’re looking forward to your participation!

Case studies

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    Denmark's new climate-friendly hospitality giant depends on Turbocor® oil-free chiller

    The new Alsik hotel in Southern Denmark sets a higher standard in energy-efficiency and is built to reach 76% CO₂-neutrality. A main contributor is the 900-kW chillers by Clint (a company of G.I. Industrial Holding) which features award-winning Danfoss Turbocor oil-free compressors.

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    Heating facility reconstruction in Kopaonik mountain resort, Serbia

    Building: Hotel
    Application: Hydronic balance, control and monitoring of a heating system
    Challenge: Improve the energy efficiency of old heating system
    Solution: Danfoss installed motorized control valves, hydronic balancing valves and electronic controllers with monitoring software

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    High-end climate solutions in Waldorf Astoria by Hilton, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Building: Hotel
    Application: Hydronic balancing and control for radiator heating and fan coil cooling
    Challenge: Establish top level comfort and minimum energy consumption for heating and cooling
    Solution: Fan-coil units for cooling; 8 heating risers and radiators equipped with Danfoss products.

News

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    Legionella prevention, the smart way
    Monday, 24 September, 2018

    For many years Danfoss has played an important role to establish safe Domestic Hot Water systems in hospitals, hotels, multi-family apartments and other buildings. Now our MTCV thermal balancing valves and new CCR2+ electronic controller for automatic disinfection have been significantly improved to your benefit.

Learning