Fjärrkyla
Fjärrkyla, known in English as district cooling, is a system for supplying cooling energy to multiple buildings from a central plant via an insulated distribution network. Rather than each building installing and operating its own refrigeration equipment, customer buildings connect to a shared central system that provides cooled water or glycol through underground pipelines.
A typical fjärrkyla setup consists of an energy center (central cooling plant), a network of insulated pipes,
Key advantages include improved energy efficiency through scale, reduced refrigerant usage in buildings, lower noise and
Challenges involve high upfront infrastructure costs, network heat losses, precision in balancing supply and demand, and