Energy production is efficient from 3 points of view: environmental, economic and safety. This enables lower energy costs for customers than would be obtained with traditional solutions.
Almost all the heat and a large part of the cooling is produced using steam from the incineration of municipal waste (MSW) at TERSA's next treatment plant. In this way, the consumption of fossil fuels is minimized, preventing the annual emission of 25,644 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. .
The remaining cold is produced with industrial-type electric chillers refrigerated by seawater. This achieves high performance (COP) and avoids the installation of cooling towers (eliminating the risk of legionellosis). This water is collected from the nearby Port Fórum and is returned to the sea through a collector, with practically zero environmental impact.
The system is completed with a 5,000 m3 (5 million litres) cold water storage tank equipped with a stratifier that allows cold water to be stored overnight and discharged during the da
All the equipment selected is industrial and requires high-energy efficiency, low emissions and reliability.
• 2 Broad absorption units of 4.5 MW each, indirectly cooled by seawater.
• 1 5,000 m3 chilled water storage tank.
• 2 Mc Quay electric chillers of 4 MW each, indirectly cooled by seawater.
• 2 York electric chillers of 7 MW each, directly cooled by seawater.
• 3 seawater / cooling water exchangers, 12.5 MW each.
• 1 seawater collection station of 5,000 m3/h.
Heat production:
• 4 steam / water exchangers of 5 MWh each.