Presenting IGU’s New Members At the Council meeting in Cartagana,
Since 2014, the company has also been
Colombia in October, IGU welcomed three
involved with research and development in
new Associate Members. Here is a brief
trigeneration, the highly efficient, combined
introduction to the companies.
production of electricity, heat and cooling (CCHP). It is made possible by connecting a hot
COM-therm
water absorption chiller unit to combined heat
Founded in September 2003,
and power (CHP) technology, in combination
COM-therm is the operator
with waste heat recovery (WHR) technology.
of the municipal heating
The combined generation of heat and electricity
system of Komárno in Slovakia. The company
can reduce the amount of fuel used by 40%,
now runs 19 heat-generation stations, 19 heat-
which, from a financial perspective, means a cost
transfer stations and an extensive heat-
benefit to the customer. And as heat and elec
distribution network throughout the town. It
tricity are generated on the site of usage, the
supplies approximately 10,000 housing units
price of long-distance distribution, with its inher
with 370,000 GJ of energy per year, while also
ent loss of energy (around 10%), can be avoided.
providing warm service water (WSW) for
COM-therm is committed to the efficiency of
property-owner associations, educational facili
heat and WSW consumption, development of
ties, pre-school centres and the trade network.
conditions favourable to the adjustability of
The aim of COM-therm is to provide a high-quality thermal power supply to its
that consumption and assistance in creating an energetic conception of Komárno itself.
customers using modern technologies of thermal-power engineering. These are gradually
For more information, visit www.comtherm.sk
being installed in all the company’s facilities. There is a focus, too, on natural gas and
Energodiagnostika
renewables, so COM-therm intends to partici
Formed in 2003 and based
pate in the IGU’s Research & Development and
in Moscow, Energodiagnostika is one of the
Innovation Committee.
world’s leading expert diagnostic centres specializing in technical diagnostics, industrial
v COM-therm’s business spans thermal-power engineering, natural gas and renewables.
safety expert appraisal, repair and maintenance of gas and oil industrial facilities, equipment and structures. It provides a full range of technology driven inspection services using conventional and advanced non-destructive testing (NDT) methods, third-party inspection (TPI), industrial safety expert evaluation, design engineering, commissioning and repair services. The company’s vision is to be a recognized leader of the inspection-services industry. Being
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