District Cooling Workshop

Wednesday 18/6/2014

Towards Cooperative
District Cooling Society

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 KM-DC Workshop
Towards Cooperative DC Society
18th June 2014

Qatar District Cooling Company

(Qatar Cool)

Issa Qandeel, P.E.

VP-Development

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 OUTLINE
• DC in Qatar
• Qatar Cool – Current & Expansion
 Demand Increase from Current Plants
 New Plant-3 @ WB
 Expansion Study @ TPQ Plant
• Current DC Challenges
• Opportunities for Cooperation amongst DC
Providers

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 District Cooling - Qatar

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 How District Cooling Works

FCU / AHU T: 8.9 C

ETS

5.5 C
4.5 C

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 DC Brief
• DC has been implemented world-wide since the turn
of the 20th century & in the GCC region as early as
the 1960’s.

• > 550 DE systems in the US, > 40% DE market share

in EU.

• Qatar-TR: ~ 800K with > 15 DC systems. In 2017:

1.5M?

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 DC & QNV 2030
QNV-2030, 4th Pillar: Environmental Development:
“management of the environment such that there is harmony
between economic growth, social development and
environmental protection.” ….. DC:
• Is a sustainable cooling alternative.
• Eliminates noise pollution.
• Reuses local resources (TSE).
• Reduces environmental emissions including air pollution,
GHG, and ozone-destroying refrigerants.
• Reduces annual CO2 emissions by about 1.25 ton for
each for each 1 TR @ DC Plants.
• Reduces legionella risks.
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 What Does DC Offer??
• Reduces the required connected electricity by > 50%.

• Reduces > 40% of electricity consumption.

• Saves customers around 25% of the LCC of the AC

system.

• Offers lower costs (CAPEX & OPEX): equipment,

construction, operations, utilities, profit opportunity.

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 What Does DC Offer??
• DC saves building space that can be used for more
valuable purposes.

• DC enables a greater degree of flexibility, as building

needs can go up or down without the need to change
the central plant's capacity.

• DC consumes 20-25m3/yr for each 1 TR @ DC

Plants!!

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 District Cooling: Where in Qatar
Qatar Foundation
Katara Lusail

Internal Security Force (ISF)

Mushaireb Barwa City

The Pearl-Qatar

West Bay-Doha
Qatar University Al Waab City

New Doha International Airport

Al-Gassar, Doha World Cup 2022 – Stadiums QP District

Festival City,
Century City

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 Qatar Cool:
Current

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2003-2005

QATAR COOL’S STANDARD

POWERPOINT 2009
2006
2007
2011

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 Qatar Cool’s Employee Growth
180 166 165
160
160 147
140
119
120
100
84
80
61
60 47
37
40
20
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total Employees 37 47 61 84 119 147 160 166 165

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 City Center

West Bay Plants’

Locations

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 Qatar Cool’s Network in West Bay Area

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 Qatar Cool’s Operation
WEST BAY, DOHA

27,313
60,632 Signed Non Operational
Capacity (TR)
Signed Operational
Capacity (TR)
66,609
Potential Capacity (TR)

No. Category Capacity (TR) % of Total Load

1 Residential 28,186 31
2 Offices 40,539 46
3 Hotels 25,197 23
Total 93,922 TR 100 %

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 QC-The Pearl DC Plant

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 Connected Load – The Pearl Qatar
90,000

78,687
80,000 76,964

70,000
65,102

60,000
53,904

50,000

40,000
34,650

30,000

20,000

10,000

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

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 Qatar Cool - Expansion

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 WEST BAY AREA CAPACITY UPDATE
180,000

160,000

70,519

70,519

70,519
140,000

40,519
120,000

12,641 7,872

23,977

23,977

23,977

23,977
100,000

6,476
2,200
80,000

60,000

84,685

84,685

84,685

84,685
79,085

79,085
73,735.2

77,685
68,093.2
63,786

40,000

20,000

0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Contracted Capacity Potential Capacity Feasible Capacity

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 The Pearl-Qatar DC Plant Expansion

• Current load 130K TR: reserved 100%.

• Growing Demand by around 20K TR:

 Within the Pearl-Qatar
 Outside the Pearl-Qatar

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IDEA-2008
“DE SPACE BEYOND NORTH AMERICA CATEGORY”-WORLD WIDE:
BRONZE AWARD: NUMBER OF BUILDINGS COMMITTED TO DE.
AWARDS
SILVER AWARD: TOTAL BUILDING AREA COMMITTED TO DE.

IDEA-2009
“DE SPACE BEYOND NORTH AMERICA CATEGORY”-WORLD WIDE:
GOLD AWARD: NUMBER OF BUILDINGS COMMITTED TO DE.
SILVER AWARD: TOTAL BUILDING AREA COMMITTED TO DE.

IDEA-2010
“DE SPACE BEYOND NORTH AMERICA CATEGORY”-WORLD WIDE:
BRONZE AWARD: TOTAL BUILDING AREA COMMITTED TO DE.

ACEC-2011
THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES “ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARD (EEA) COMPETITION – THE “ACADEMY
AWARDS OF THE ENGINEERING INDUSTRY”.

IDEA-2012
“SYSTEM OF THE YEAR AWARD”:
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, & CUSTOMER COMMITMENT”

2013
IDEA
BRONZE AWARD: NUMBER OF BUILDINGS COMMITTED TO DE BEYOND NORTH AMERICA.
SILVER AWARD: TOTAL BUILDING AREA COMMITTED TO DE BEYOND NORTH AMERICA.
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: FOR MUNICIPAL SCHEME SERVING MORE THAN 10,000 CITIZENS AT 3RD GLOBAL DISTRICT ENERGY CLIMATE
AWARDS.
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION: FOR INNOVATIVE PRACTICES.
CLIMATE CONTROL: THE BEST DISTRICT COOLING PROVIDER: AT CLIMATE CONTROL MIDDLE EAST.

2014
TARSHEED-KAHRAMAA: INDUSTRIAL BUILDING CONSERVATION AWARD.
IDEA: “SYSTEM OF THE YEAR AWARD”: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, &
CUSTOMER COMMITMENT”

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 Current DC Challenges

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 CURRENT DC CHALLENGES

 Water Resource Management: Authorities’ Approvals.

 Power Availability.
 Land Availability.
 Space for TSE Polishing Units (RO) in Existing Plants.
 New Piping Distribution Networks.
 Utility Charges (Residential/Commercial/Industrial).
 Performance of Customers’ Buildings.

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 Effects of Low ∆T on Energy Efficiencies
SUPPLY TEMP RETURN TEMP ∆T FLOW INCREASE IN
oC oC PUMPING POWER
oC US gpm/ton
KW

5.5 14.4 8.9 1.50 1

5.5 13.4 7.9 1.68 1.40
5.5 12.4 6.9 1.93 2.13
5.5 11.4 5.9 2.26 3.42
5.5 10.4 4.9 2.72 5.96
5.5 9.4 3.9 3.42 11.85
5.5 8.4 2.9 4.60 28.84
5.5 7.4 1.9 7.026 102.76

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 Good: Building Cooling Load Profile

HOURLY LOAD PROFILE - HIGH ΔT TOWERS (7 Aug 2011)

700

600

500
LOAD (tons)

400

300

200

100

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 BAD: Building Cooling Load Profile
HOURLY LOAD PROFILE - LOW ΔT TOWERS (7 Aug 2011)
800

700

600

500
LOAD (tons)

400

300

200

100

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 Opportunities for Cooperation
among DC Providers

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Opportunities for Cooperation among DC Providers

 Share of Knowledge & Experience.

 Interface of Piping Network for Back-up & Peak Loads.

 Utilization of DC Plants for Temp Cooling.

 Collective Collaboration with Authorities on

Regulations, Standards, & Best Practices.

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 Connected Power Saving-Qatar
Mega-Watt
System Qatar Current Qatar ~ 2017
Configuration (800K TR) (1.5M TR)
Decentralized 1,768 3,315
District Cooling 800 1,500
Estimated Saving 968 1,815

Basis of Calculations & Assumptions:

– DC @ 1KW/TR.
– Decentralized @ 1.7 KW/TR.
– DC is 30% less than decentralized (diversity).

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 Power Consumption & CO2 Emission Saving
Qatar
Mega-Watt-Hr/Yr
System Qatar Current Qatar ~ 2017
Configuration (800K TR) (1.5M TR)
Decentralized 2,380,000 4,462,500
District Cooling 1,400,000 2,625,000

Power Saving 980,000 1,837,500

CO2 Emission
500,000 937,500
Saving (Tons/yr)

Basis of Calculations & Assumptions:

– DC @ 1 KW/TR & 50% Utilization of total DC Capacity.
– Decentralized @ 1.7 KW/TR.

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 Anticipated Cooling Water Requirements
Qatar
Million m3/yr
System Qatar Current Qatar ~ 2017
Configuration (800K TR) (1.5M TR)
Decentralized 13.3 33
District Cooling 10.7 26
Estimated Saving 2.6 7

Basis of Calculations & Assumptions:

– DC Companies’ utilize Efficient Water Management Processes.
– 50% Utilization of total DC Capacity.
– Study/Survey of Decentralized Systems Water Performance is underway. Expected to consume
25% over DC.

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Makeup Water & Discharge Quantities @ Different Water Sources

Million m3/yr

Qatar Current Qatar ~ 2017

Water Source
(800K TR) (1.5M TR)

Potable 10 19
TSE–Direct 15 28
TSE–Polished 18 35

@ 50% Utilization of total DC Capacity.

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