Instant District Cooling System: Project Results 2021

The aim of this contract report is to present the preliminary results of the Instant District Cooling System (IDCS) project which was carried out by Aalborg University, Department of the Built Environment (https://www.en.build.aau.dk/) in collaboration with SolarCooling ApS (https://solarcooling.dk/) from 1st of September 2020 to 15th of December 2021.
To study the performance of the IDCS in realistic operation conditions, an IDCS unit is installed in a pilot office building that has a significant unmet cooling need. This pilot building case is located in Aalborg (Denmark) and is monitored in detail to assess the capacity of the IDCS to maintain a comfortable indoor environment in terms of fresh air, temperature and humidity during the cooling period. The performance of this IDCS unit can be compared to the original conventional ventilation unit of the test building that does not have any cooling or humidity regulation capacities.
A detailed description of the IDCS study case can be found in an Aalborg University technical report Johra, 2021: https://doi.org/10.54337/aau468741799 [Johra, H. (2021). Instant District Cooling System: Project Study Case Presentation. Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University. DCE Technical Reports Nr. 290].