Heat supply system in communal service development prospects

The article considers heat supply systems in Russia including advantages and disadvantages of centralized and decentralized systems. The review of different decentralized heat supply scheme development prospects is made. Competitive design analysis of different heat-exchange equipment used for heat supply stations has been carried out. The authors suggest using heat-exchange apparatus with interchannel transpiration of a heat-transfer agent through a high thermal conductivity porous metal in order to increase efficiency and credibility of communal service heat exchange equipment. The article gives the apparatus thermo strength calculation methods.