FEASIBILITY OF A DISTRICT COOLING SYSTEM USING NATURAL COLD WATERS PHASEⅡ - Site-Specific Study & Preliminary Design of a Miami Beach Seawater Cooling District PHASEⅢ - Preliminary Assessment of the U.S. Fresh Water Resource for the District Cooling of Buildings

摘要

Phase II is a site-specific follow-on of a preliminary study that examined the feasibility of using cold seawater from depth to cool an entire district. The site examined in detail is Miami Beach, Florida, where a large cooling demand on the beach is in close proximity to this country's narrowest continental shelf. The flow of the Florida Current (Gulf Stream) produces, as a secondary effect, a partial upwelling of cold water along the edge of the shelf. This cold seawater can be used to cool buildings along the beach.