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Fernwärme St. Pölten GmbH

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Fernwärme St. Pölten GmbH

St. Pölten Austria

Fernwärme St. Pölten GmbH
St. Poelten,
Austria
The district cooling system is used to supply the St. Pölten State Clinic with cold water for air conditioning. The required base load is provided in summer by an absorber chiller, in winter by a free cooling station. The heat is dissipated via a heat exchanger that is charged from a water flow nearby. The turbo chillers are used to cover residual and peak loads. The individual transfer stations are supplied with cold air via an underground transmission line in Mühlweg and Matthias-Corvinusstraße. System data: absorber chiller with 2 MW cooling capacity, 4 turbo chillers with 2.5 MW cooling capacity each, 4 hybrid recoolers installed above the Mühlbach, 2 cold water storage tanks (1 x 750 m3 and 1 x 1000 m3).
Existing space could be used for the turbo chillers and the cold buffer storage, the district cooling system was connected to the existing control system. Due to the geographical placement of the district heating - exactly between the state hospital and the university of applied sciences - the routes for the cooling pipes were kept short. Using existing infrastructure kept costs down.
The refrigeration system is used to supply the St. Pölten State Clinic with cold water for air conditioning. The required base load is provided in summer by an absorber chiller, in winter by a free cooling station. The heat is dissipated via a heat exchanger that is charged from a water flow nearby. The turbo chillers are used to cover residual and peak loads. The individual transfer stations are supplied with cold air via an underground transmission line in Mühlweg and Matthias-Corvinusstraße. System data: absorber chiller with 2 MW cooling capacity, 4 turbo chillers with 2.5 MW cooling capacity each, 4 hybrid recoolers installed above the Mühlbach, 2 cold water storage tanks (1 x 750 m3 and 1 x 1000 m3).