CIAT Group and subsidiary Cristopia Energy Systems has launched a thermal energy storage system in the UK and says it helps to reduce the load on chiller and electrical power requirements by between 30 and 70 per cent for cooling production. The CIAT Cristopia system is designed to reduce end users’ energy costs by shifting away from reliance on peak day-time power by harnessing off-peak electricity at night. It reduces the load on the chiller by smoothing-out peaks in the daily load profile, in the process also reducing chiller maintenance costs and the size of the combined refrigerant charge on a site. |