Annotated Summary
Araner (n.d.). District Cooling Energy System: All About the Cooling Process. Araner. https://www.araner.com/blog/district-cooling-energy-system-cooling-process/ This article focuses on how the process of the district cooling system works. According to Araner, water will be cooled to around 4-5⁰C in the chiller plant and pumped through insulated distributing pipes to each of the building’s heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is used to transfer the heat between the chilled water supply and the air conditioning system of the consumer building. Water will be returned to the chiller plant at warmer temperatures at about 13-15⁰C, after absorbing the heat from the individual building systems. Return water will be filtered and chilled again and return to the building. Hence, this system is also more efficient than conventional air conditioning. From the research by Araner, the benefits are that it increases cooling efficiency and reduced costs when compared to conventional cooling systems fo