CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -District cooling system at Amaravati is part of Andhra Pradesh government’s vision to create jobs and homes along with a world-class infrastructure at Amaravati.

Detailed explanation-2: -A District Cooling System (“DCS”) produces chilled water within a centralized energy plant and distributes it through underground pipes to buildings connected to the system and provides them with air-conditioning. Therefore, individual buildings do not need split systems, chillers and/or cooling towers.

Detailed explanation-3: -District cooling is used in office buildings, shops, and hospitals and to cool industrial processes. Waste heat or lake water is used as a heat source in heat pumps to produce cool temperatures. It is also common to use cold bottom water from a lake or the sea, so-called free cooling.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is District Cooling? Basically, a district cooling system (DCS) distributes cooling capacity in the form of chilled water or other medium from a central source to multiple buildings through a network of underground pipes for use in space and process cooling.