Indoor Snow Park Considerations

The rise in global warming has heightened the allure of Indoor Snow Parks. Yet, the high costs of construction and upkeep may restrict their accessibility. Strategies must be devised to improve accessibility, diminish emissions, and boost their overall attractiveness.

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Inside Snow Park Temperature

Proposing as a design temperature -6°C ±0.5°C

Air Cooling Recirculators

Penthouse Coolers - Highest energy efficiency during the cooling phase as well as during the defrosting process. No air cooler sticking down in the snow park. All components are easily accessible for maintenance purposes. Easy fan replacement, cleaning. Variable air-discharge direction due to short air ducts. Good air movement and temperature uniformity may be achieved within the snow park even at greatly reduced fan speeds. Reduce noise. Best esthetic.

Underfloor Snow Cooling

Snow cooling manifold isolated from mail headers

Snow Production

For Snow Park area - Ice Cave, Sled Trajectory and Track, Ice Climbing Wall, Ice Pad Areas, Ski Lifts, Animal Encounter, Teaming entertainment areas

Using flake ice machine to create SNICE

For Ski Slopes Area - Snow Silos Enclosures- Working 20 hours a day, low temperature environment < -20°C. Snow gun manufactures to consider, research and experiment using HOT! Water

Result better-quality snow will be distributed throughout the ski slope area. Moving snow is not such a difficult operation! No evaporation in Snow Dome Area, Enough height for convection. No curing. A good vapor snow separation

Snow gun manufactures to consider, research and experiment using HOT! Water

Refrigerants to be used in Snow Park

Air coolingcold box envelope

Ammoniacascade R744 (CO₂)

Defrost R744(CO₂)

Underfloorsnow cooling, FAHU, Water cooling indirect

R744 (CO₂) as brine from R744 (CO₂) high pressure receiver plate and frame, monoethylene glycol (CH₂OH)₂ 30%  by weight (MEG); LMDT of 6°C temperature -6°C at 300 centres.

Snow melt pit

Heating coil(s) submerged in water.

Water level is maintained above the heating coil by a removable drainpipe

Advantages of this system:

Large quantity of water is heated slowly before dumping the snow. Large quantity of snow will be melted fast, since large quantity of snow is exposed to hot water at any given time. Do to long decantation time, drain water is more suitable to be used for service; Less energy consumption, plus melting time will be cut in half

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A snow park is a complex system and there is not an “out of box” solution in design, all elements have to be assessed properly and based on particular project goals and standards.

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