How District Cooling Fuels The Development of Smart Cities

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How District Cooling Fuels The Development of
Smart Cities
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• The rapid expansion of information technology has
  created the so-called "smart cities".
• At the same time, this has led to new issues like
  climate change and global warming.
• Solving these problems will require larger
  efforts, such as improving the efficiency of
  essential services like water and power delivery.
  
• Also, a better approach to the cooling
  requirements of residential areas will be
  critical.

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What is District Cooling?

• District cooling is a nature-friendly cooling
  method where cold water is produced centrally and
  supplied to each building via a closed
  distribution network.
• Cooling streams are delivered to consumers in
  smart cities through a pipe network from a cold
  source.
• Customers are given chilled water, which extracts
  heat and therefore cools the building.
• The creation of smart district cooling systems
  offers environmental and economic benefits.

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• Here is a couple of the main advantages of
  district cooling system
• In comparison to individual systems, thermal
  storage systems may be deployed in a district
  cooling system that is more efficient and has a
  larger capacity.
• Renewable energy sources (RES) such as biomass,
  biofuel, solar thermal energy, and geothermal
  energy can be utilised with highly efficient
  technologies to achieve 100 RES coverage.

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Application of Technology To Optimize District
Cooling

• Over the last several years, significant progress
  has been achieved in various areas of smart
  district cooling research and development (RD),
  such as the development of novel materials for
  components and technologies.
• Smart district cooling networks will manage
  supply demands by utilising new technologies such
  as Absorption Chillers.
• Another technology is Suitable Control Systems
  that utilise information treatment via two-way
  communications networks and other smart
  components.

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• Furthermore, recent advancements in Artificial
  Intelligence,
• Machine Learning, and Big Data management are
  paving the way for new projects and pilot tests.
• There is research going on to improve district
  cooling by capturing waste heat and cool streams
  from industries, private consumers, and municipal
  facilities as energy sources.

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Conclusion

• The traditional twentieth-century city model is
  being quickly replaced with a new, more efficient
  twenty-first-century smart city model.
• The use of technology solutions to key municipal
  utilities, such as water supply or energy
  generation and distribution has aided the
  transition to this new paradigm.
• The Middle East district cooling systems are
  expected to play a critical part in achieving
  these objectives.

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