In accordance with the action plan approved by Azeristiliktechizat OJSC in connection with the preparations for the autumn-winter season 2020-2021, the implementation of measures related to the preparation of heat supply facilities for the season has been completed. The statement came from Rafig Aliyev, Chief of Subscriber and Customer Services of Azeristiliktechizat OJSC. He said that the heating season is expected to begin on November 1 in the mountains and foothills of the country, and in other areas, including Baku, on November 15: During the season, 559 boiler houses belonging to the society will be put into operation and 3870 residential buildings, including about 182,000 apartments, 287 schools, 159 kindergartens, 162 health care facilities and 1950 other social and economic facilities will be provided with heat. In this regard, pumps, electric motors were repaired, boilers and heat exchangers were mechanically and chemically cleaned, control and measuring devices and electrical equipment were replaced, and main and local heating lines were inspected by pressure. It was tested and the heating lines, which could cause problems in the winter, were replaced with new ones, and the boiler houses were provided with spare boilers and pumps. According to the action plan, 559 boiler houses and 90 heating stations were inspected, 507 stoves were repaired, 861 boiler units were overhauled, 1,150 boilers were cleaned mechanically and chemically, 1,680 m2 of insulation and 796 meters of boilers were repaired.
The brick roof has been repaired. 24,310 valves and valves were inspected in the heating networks, 12,760 of them were overhauled and 580 were replaced with new ones. 3850 square meters of heating layer was repaired in the main and local heating lines, 7520 square meters of roofing was repaired in boiler houses and heating stations. In addition, 396 sets of heat exchangers were cleaned mechanically and chemically, 600 chemical water softeners were prepared and adjusted, and 5 tons of cationite materials were replaced in Na-cationite filters. R.Aliyev said that taking into account that one of the most important areas in the heating supply system is the main heating lines, significant work has been done in this area as part of preparations for the heating season 2020-2021:
"Thus, 977 km of heating lines were washed and checked for hydraulic pressure, about 6,000 meters of local and main heating lines were overhauled, 404 km of heating pipes were checked for hydraulic pressure after repair. In addition, 1694 safety valves and 2290 non-return valves, 418 spare water tanks were inspected and repaired, 2850 dirt were cleaned and 155 km of gas pipelines and 495 gas shut-off valves on the company's balance were inspected, 515 The gas regulators were inspected and cleaned, and those that were not suitable for operation were replaced with new ones. A remote control system for heating parameters has been installed in more than a hundred boiler houses and heating stations belonging to the company, which allows to increase the efficiency of decisions and save fuel and energy resources by remote control of technological parameters in boiler houses and heating stations in Baku and regions of the country.