1. Installation context
In 2016, the University of Palermo, one of Italy’s leading university centers founded in 1806, modernized some of its buildings with the construction of a solar power plant, with a polygenerative mode of operation. This initiative was part of the STS-Med project, funded by the European Commission.
The polygenerative solar plant has among its main components an absorption chiller, for the cooling of the fluids of which a cooling system was needed.
2. Proposed solution
The solution selected for cooling the process fluids of the absorption chiller was a PME-E open-loop cooling tower: lightweight and non-corrodible, with the possibility of noise containment through “Silent” version.
3. Critical success factor
MITA provided ongoing technical support to the ARCA Consortium, the project leader of the plant project. Of the solution provided, the possibility of easy maintenance to the internal parts due to the side doors for inspection of the internal components was particularly appreciated.
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