Data Inventory and Assessment (DIA) Report, Version 1

AD-SDI DATA CONTENT STANDARD

UTILITY – DISTRICT COOLING

Working Draft

March 2009

Prepared by
Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC)
Abu Dhabi, UAE
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REVISION HISTORY

Revision # Reason Effective Date

1 Original Draft March 2009

2 Revised 26 Apr 2009

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction....................................................................................................4

2 Scope, purpose, and application.................................................................4

2.1 Scope.................................................................................................................................4
2.2 Purpose.............................................................................................................................5
2.3 Application.......................................................................................................................5

3 Terms and definitions..................................................................................5

4 Symbols, abbreviated terms, and notations...............................................5

5 Content Model..............................................................................................6
5.1 District Cooling................................................................................................................6

6 UML Model..................................................................................................7
6.1 UML Model for District Cooling....................................................................................7

7 Data Dictionary............................................................................................8
7.1 Data Dictionary for District Cooling.............................................................................8
7.1.1 Features of District Cooling Network............................................................................8

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1 Introduction
The primary purpose of this part of the FGDS Data Content Standard is to support the
exchange of district cooling utility data. This part seeks to establish a common baseline for
the semantic content of district cooling utility databases for public agencies and private
enterprises. It also seeks to decrease the costs and simplify the exchange of district cooling
utility data among the AD-SDI community. That, in turn, discourages duplicative data
collection. Benefits of adopting this part of the standard also include the long-term
improvement of the utility network data within the AD-SDI community.

The FGDS Data Content Standard for district cooling utility data is developed with a certain
philosophy which includes the following concepts:

 Keep it simple; have the fewest data elements possible, but make those data elements
mandatory. This encourages use of the part.

 Use single data types, for example, coordinate types. Different organizations store
their data or make them available using a variety of data types, for example, latitude
longitude, UTM coordinates, Nahrwan datum, and so on. Because the data provider,
the organization creating the data, is the one most knowledgeable about their data,
they should be responsible for converting their data into this single data type. Multiple
data types would make the part less useful to data users.

 Require metadata supporting how the district cooling utility data was compiled and
how their corresponding accuracy values were estimated.

2 Scope, purpose, and application

2.1 Scope

Utility data encompasses a wide range of spatial data entities that are fundamental to many
GIS applications. Utility data sets pertaining to the supply of water, power, gas, waste water,
and communications are normally considered key elements of base maps and serves as
essential reference data in this context. The datasets are also of interest because they include
many elements critical to the public and private infrastructure and provide services in daily
life of citizens. The reliable functioning of the increasingly complex, inter-connected, and
inter-dependent utility infrastructures including electric, water, and gas supply systems,
wastewater systems, and communications is vital for the security, economic prosperity, and
social well-being of the nation.

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2.2 Purpose

In the context of AD-SDI, this document defines the district cooling utility data theme to
include those geographic entities that are explicitly designated for providing district cooling
services. As such, this data theme includes layers such as pipelines, cooling plants, and
telecommunications lines.

2.3 Application

This part of the FGDS Data Content Standard is intended to facilitate a common
methodology to manage and share district cooling utility datasets among various
organizations in the AD-SDI community.

The data set contains district cooling utility plant features located along pipeline features
involved in the distribution of chilled water. They also contain polygon "plant" features
involved in the generation, treatment, refinement, or storage of water, oil, gas, or electric
commodities. The non-network structural support features located along the pipeline
network features are also part of this data set.

The district cooling utility features often provide good landmarks for orientation and
navigation purposes because of their large size. They can also provide a quick visualization
of the infrastructure elements located in an area. The features offer a high-level appreciation
of the degree of infrastructure interdependency.

3 Terms and definitions

4 Symbols, abbreviated terms, and notations

The following symbols, abbreviations, and notations are applicable to this document.
Symbols, abbreviations, and notations applicable to multiple parts are listed in the Base
Document.

WGS 84 – World Geodetic System of 1984

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5 Content Model

5.1 District Cooling

District Cooling is defined as the distribution of cooling from one or more sources to multiple
buildings. District Cooling systems enjoy the economy of scale and operational benefits of
connecting to a large, diverse portfolio of customers. By aggregating the thermal
requirements of dozens of different buildings, the District Cooling system can employ
industrial grade equipment to utilize and employ technologies that could otherwise simply not
be economically or technically feasible for individual buildings.
District energy systems produce chilled water at a central plant and then distribute the energy
through underground pipes to buildings connected to the system. Customers use the chilled
water to meet their air-conditioning needs; individual buildings do not need chillers or
cooling towers. Once used in customer buildings, the water is returned to the central plant to
be re-chilled and then re-circulated through the closed-loop piping system
The pipes that deliver the chilled water are usually buried underneath the streets. District
cooling systems displace peak electric power demand with district cooling and storage using
ice or chilled water. This benefits the local power grid by reducing peak power demand and
alleviating power congestion due to power transmission limitations in cities. So district
cooling not only helps cool cities, it helps alleviate the challenges posed by high electric
consumption.
The National Central Cooling Co. (PJSC) - Tabreed - provides district cooling services
throughout the GCC countries. Tabreed pioneers energy efficient gas-fired and electric-
powered district cooling solutions in the UAE and across the region.

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6 UML Model
This section provides the UML models for the district cooling utility.

6.1 UML Model for District Cooling

D istrict C ooling N etwork

C ooling Structure C ooling Lines

C ooling Plant Manhole Communication cable C ooling Pipeline

+plantLocation - D iameter +cableLocation +pipeLocation
+name
+status

Valve
- Status

Figure: UML Model for District Cooling Network

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7 Data Dictionary

7.1 Data Dictionary for District Cooling

7.1.1 Features of District Cooling Network

District Cooling Distribution Network consists of all the required piping and valves between
the Chiller Plants and the Energy Transfer Stations in the receiving building.

Table 1: Data Dictionary for features of District Cooling network

Cooling Plant A plant that produces chilled water using several different cooling systems operating
as an integrated system, thus reducing operating costs to a minimum.

Plant Location Location of the plant feature.

Name Name of the Cooling Plant.

Status Status of the Cooling Plant.

Manhole A Manhole is a facility that is used to connect pipelines and to allow access to
pipelines.

Diameter Diameter of the Manhole in cm.

Valve A device that is installed on the distribution pipeline to control and regulate the flow
of water in the distribution system. A valve can be used to manipulate flows and
pressures throughout the distribution system by partially opening and closing its
mechanism.

Status Indicates the operating status of the valve.

Cooling Pipeline Cooling Pipeline distribute the chilled water through underground pipes to buildings
connected to the system. Once used in customer buildings, the water is returned to
the central plant to be re-chilled and then re-circulated through the closed-loop
piping system.

Pipe Location Location of the pipeline feature.

Communication Cable Fiber optic cable that carries communication between the plants and the customers.

Cable Location Location of the cable feature.

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