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ENERGY RECOVERY FROM A SURFACE REFRIGERATION PLANT.

Author(s) : STROH R. M.

Summary

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE MAJOR CONSUMERS OF ELECTRICITY. THE RELATIVELY LOW GRADE HEAT DISCHARGED FROM CONDENSER CIRCUITS IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED UNUSABLE. SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITIES OF HOT WATER ARE HOWEVER REQUIRED. A LARGE REFRIGERATION PLANT HAS BEEN INSTALLED FOR COOLING THE AIR FLOWING INTO THE MINE. BY INTRODUCING A HEAT PUMP CONDENSER CIRCUIT ON ONE OF THE WATER CHILLING MACHINES SOME OF THE ENERGY REMOVED FROM THE AIR IS USED TO HEAT WATER. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HOT WATER IN WINTER, MAKE UP WATER WHICH IS BEING FED TO UNDERGROUND REFRIGERATION PLANT IS PRECOOLED ON SURFACE AND THIS PROCEDURE WILL ENSURE A HEAT SOURCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Details

  • Original title: ENERGY RECOVERY FROM A SURFACE REFRIGERATION PLANT.
  • Record ID : 1987-1177
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1986/04/14
  • Source: Source: Frigair '86, Pretoria
    vol. 1; n. 18; 4 p.; 1 fig.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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