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Title: District cooling gets hot

Abstract

Utilities across the country are adopting cool storage methods, such as ice-storage and chilled-water tanks, as an economical and environmentally safe way to provide cooling for cities and towns. The use of district cooling, in which cold water or steam is pumped to absorption chillers and then to buildings via a central community chiller plant, is growing strongly in the US. In Chicago, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and elsewhere, independent district-energy companies and utilities are refurbishing neglected district-heating systems and adding district cooling, a technology first developed approximately 35 years ago.

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
276232
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Mechanical Engineering
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 118; Journal Issue: 7; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; URBAN AREAS; DISTRICT COOLING; COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS; AIR CONDITIONING; CENTRAL HEATING PLANTS; COLD STORAGE; HEAT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; COGENERATION; DUAL-PURPOSE POWER PLANTS

Citation Formats

Seeley, R S. District cooling gets hot. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Seeley, R S. District cooling gets hot. United States.
Seeley, R S. 1996. "District cooling gets hot". United States.
@article{osti_276232,
title = {District cooling gets hot},
author = {Seeley, R S},
abstractNote = {Utilities across the country are adopting cool storage methods, such as ice-storage and chilled-water tanks, as an economical and environmentally safe way to provide cooling for cities and towns. The use of district cooling, in which cold water or steam is pumped to absorption chillers and then to buildings via a central community chiller plant, is growing strongly in the US. In Chicago, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and elsewhere, independent district-energy companies and utilities are refurbishing neglected district-heating systems and adding district cooling, a technology first developed approximately 35 years ago.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/276232}, journal = {Mechanical Engineering},
number = 7,
volume = 118,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
}