Director of District Cooling Services Department, Eng. Abdulaziz Al Hammadi, with engineers visiting District Cooling Plant in the Education City Stadium.
Doha: A delegation from Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) led by Director of District Cooling Services Department, Eng. Abdulaziz Al Hammadi visited to follow up the progress of District Cooling (DC) Plant in the Education City Stadium, a venue of 2022 FIFA World Cup.
DC Plant of the Education City Stadium will have a cooling capacity of 40,000 tonnes, said Kahramaa in a statement.
The plant is equipped with the latest devices and intelligent control and monitoring systems, which have high performance for energy efficiency, and they are linked to a control system with the rest of the energy centers in Education City, which gives them greater flexibility in operation and control.
The district cooling plant supplies chilled water to a number of distributed power transmission centers inside the stadium, which in turn distributes it to a number of air treatment units deployed in the stadium, to ensure the required temperature for the fans’ stands, the stadium’s floor and the facilities of the stadium.
The district cooling system is an innovative and environmentally friendly technology, and one of the most efficient and energy-saving systems, as it saves about 40 percent of electricity consumption by saving electricity generation and distribution capabilities.
The plant will reduce natural gas consumption cutting 40 percent carbon footprint compared to conventional cooling system, as well as saving 98 percent of drinking water by using treated water.
Kahramaa urged all providers and developers of district cooling services to switch to using treated water instead of using drinking water in cooling operations in order to enhance water security for the State of Qatar.
By organizing and monitoring district cooling services, Kahramaa aims to save electricity and drinkable water for sustainability of water resources and preserve the environment, as well as keep pace with the use of all new technologies in district cooling services in line with the goals of Qatar National Vision 2030.
