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A method for measuring ice slurry particle agglomeration in storage tanks.

Author(s) : HAYASHI K., KASZA K.

Summary

When stored in tanks as a slurry in water, ice particles tend to agglomerate to adjacent particles. This impedes the utilization of the pumped ice slurry in district cooling systems. Therefore, measuring the existence of agglomeration and the rate at which agglomeration proceeds is very important to ice slurry system operation. The authors have developed and tested a new technique based on the large difference in electrical resistivity (the reciprocal of electrical conductivity) between ice and liquid water. Ice particles freeze together at the outer regions of the ice bed during storage in tanks. A small amount of antifreeze can prevent ice particle agglomeration in a slurry.

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  • Original title: A method for measuring ice slurry particle agglomeration in storage tanks.
  • Record ID : 2001-0790
  • Languages: English
  • Source: ASHRAE Transactions. 2000 Winter Meeting, Dallas, Texas + CD-ROM.
  • Publication date: 2000
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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