Bitzer delivers cooling for Sochi Winter Games
Bitzer screw compressors played a key role in the refrigeration and air-conditioning systems delivered by Finnish manufacturer Suomen Tekojää Oy for five stadiums of the Olympic Winter Games at Sochi. Established in 1997, the company has built refrigeration systems for over a hundred ice rinks in Russia and around 500 worldwide.
The projects were as follows
• Shayba Arena: four CSH (ice surface) and six CSH compressors (air conditioning). ‘Shayba’ is the Russian word for the puck used in ice hockey.
• Ice-hockey training stadium: four CSH (ice surface) and two CSH compressors (air conditioning).
• Figure-skating training stadium: four CSH (ice surface) and two CSH compressors (air conditioning).
• Curling arena: three HSK (ice surface), three HSK (air conditioning) and three HSK compressors for either function.
• Bobsleigh training stadium: four CSH (ice surface).
To ensure that everything ran to plan, a back-up system was installed for each refrigeration system.
