Dedicated district cooling plants have become an ideal solution for residential, commercial and leisure projects for chilled water, as well as increasingly used in air conditioning applications in industrial areas.

One of the major companies responsible for this new breed of utility company is National Central Cooling Co. (Tabreed). In its eight-year history, Tabreed has established more than 20 major district cooling plants supplying chilled water from a cooling plant to multiple residential, industrial and commercial buildings for air conditioning purposes.

Typically, as much as 70 percent of energy use in residential, services buildings and leisure facilities is used for cooling applications. A district cooling system can, however, reduce this figure to just 40 percent. In addition, chillers usually require 2kW of energy per tonne of refrigeration whilst district cooling plants can supply at just 0.2kW/tonne.

Victaulic has supplied pipe couplings, fittings, valves and accessories, strainers and suction diffusers for the majority of the Tabreed’s cooling facility construction projects. As has been proven time and again, the benefits of using Victaulic non-weld couplings are not only to be found in their ease and speed of installation, but also in the subsequent maintenance benefits. With a union at every joint, and only two bolts holding together even the large diameter couplings, down-time for maintenance is kept to a minimum. Plus, Victaulic flexible and rigid couplings demonstrate impressive vibration isolation and attenuation characteristics over all pipe diameters, and the use of flexible joints accommodates misalignments and reduced stress at pump or equipment connections.

For more information about Victaulic solutions used for the district cooling facilities with Tabreed, order Victaulic publication No. CH-44. And for more information on reducing noise and vibration attenuation, order Victaulic publication No. 26.04. To order these publications email mktg@victaulic.be
or contact your local Victaulic representative.

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