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In Design and Sizing of District Cooling Systems (DCS), you'll learn ...
- What is a District Cooling System (DCS) and how it operates
- Benefits and challenges of district cooling
- Design of equipment located in the Central Plant Room of a DCS
- Design considerations for the distribution system and energy transfer stations
Overview
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Credit: 6 PDH
Length: 112 pages
District cooling systems (DCS) are large-scale centralized production and distribution systems of cooling energy. The chilled water produced at a DCS central plant is delivered through an underground pipeline to offices, shopping malls, apartments, and other kinds of buildings that need indoor cooling. Customers of a district cooling system pay for the volume of chilled water delivered to their buildings and may pay other charges as well. DCS also refers to the local production and distribution of cooling to the needs of a large institution, business centers, airports, hospitals, universities, and public buildings.
DCS, when designed and operated properly, can be an energy-efficient alternative to a conventional in-building chilled water plant and offers many benefits to the building owner, such as greatly reduced or eliminated maintenance cost, much lower space requirements, and no concerns as to plant capacity or load growth.
This course presents practical guidance in the design and sizing of district cooling technology and discusses the benefits and challenges associated with district cooling systems. Topics covered include planning, central plant design, distribution system design, building interfaces, and costs.
The course will benefit HVAC engineers and designers who are responsible for the specification, system design, or installation of district cooling systems, as well as owners and others who manage and operate district cooling systems.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- The fundamental processes, basic components, and equipment of a dcs central plant and the basic options
- Different types of chiller systems and understand their uses and applications
- Benefits and main challenges of district cooling plant vs. Stand-alone systems
- The importance of system design, pumping arrangements, and the chilled-water distribution system
- Basic methods by which a dcs may interface with the buildings and the major components involved and the type of connections
- How “low δt” may come about and what can be done to correct it
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 30 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 6 PDH
Length: 112 pages
