case study
the main goal of the customer was to use product solutions which easily integrated into the existing plant/
technical room
Phoenix Lake - Dortmund (GE)
The Phoenix Lake is an example of the successful transformation of industrially used areas into valuable urban habitats that meet both ecological and social requirements.
The City of Dortmund has initiated and is responsible for the urban development of the Phoenix Lake project. The name Phoenix stood for the blast furnace plant on the Phoenix-West site and the Hermannshütte oxygen steel plant on the Phoenix-Ost site.
This complex urban restructuring project was launched in 2004 by dismantling the steelworks. When converting the site for the new Lake, approx. 2.8 million m3 of excavated land were used for landscape buildings and for terracing the edges of the slopes. Attractive residential areas were created on the southern and northern sides of the Lake. On the western lakeside, the existing district centre of Hörde is enlarged by a city port and a mixed functional urban area.
Furthermore, the main goal of the customer was to use product solutions which easily integrated into the existing plant/technical room. With the modular product range of the Meiflow L series, the planner and the installer gathered all required information (like BIM files for the planing, tender documents, etc.) and at the end, Aalbert hydronic flow control were able to supply a solution which was easy to insert into the plant room, as well as to insert and connect it.
lake Phoenix - Facts:
- Urban renewal activities on the waterfront combine housing, business and recreation
- Phoenix Lake demonstrates the change from an old industrial brownfield site into an area bringing together landscape- and urban planning-aspects
- This complex urban restructuring project was launched in 2004 by dismantling the steelworks
- The costs for the project, costs for the purchase of land excluded, are about 230 million euros
- Dwelling units newly built (approximate 1,000)
Main services:
- Calculation
- Technical design support
- BIM models
- Tender documents
- Support during installation and commissioning phase
Main components:
- Meiflow L MF series - large manifold system
- Meiflow L UC - unmixed pump groups
- Meiflow L MC - mixed pump groups
- NexusValve Vivax Pressure Independent Control Valves
The biggest challenge was to integrate the technical requirements of the necessary heating and cooling circuits and their distribution parts into the existing free space and internal room conditions. This is where the modular system of the Meiflow L series with the large manifolds, pump groups, etc. was able to show its worth and thus enable the implementation quickly and easily.
Fully insulated vessels for the cooling media.
Each single riser has their own physical temperature control and is monitored and regulated via the building management system.
An important requirement was the accessibility to all main technical and functional components in order to achieve an easy service and maintenance.
For the heating supply all Meiflow L MF (Large ManiFolds) and the Meiflow UC and MC pump groups where delivered pre-insulated. The pump groups for the cooling were insulated on site by a sub-contractor.
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