District cooling gets hot
Journal Article
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· Mechanical Engineering
OSTI ID:276232
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.
- OSTI ID:
- 276232
- Journal Information:
- Mechanical Engineering, Journal Name: Mechanical Engineering Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 118; ISSN 0025-6501; ISSN MEENAH
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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