This section presents the main results of the techno-economic
study carried out in order to find the optimal sizing of the CTES according
to its use in the cooling system management strategy. It was
assumed that the new cooling system (Fig. 8), integrating the cold
storage and the present chillers, had to satisfy a daily average cooling
energy demand of 12,872 kWhc, considering 275 operative days per
year. In particular, 12,872 kWhcwas calculated as the average cooling
energy demand in the four monitored months and it represents the
100% of the design daily average cooling energy demand. Fig. 8 shows
the simplified scheme of the new cooling system integrating CTES.