FREE COMPUTER FACILITY CHILLING WITH A NONCONTAMINATING OPEN COOLING TOWER CIRCUIT.

Author(s) : BECKER H. P.

Summary

COOLING TOWER CONDENSER WATER SUPPLY REPLACES A PORTION, OR ALL OF THE MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION IN A COMPUTER 280.0 K (7.8 DEG C) CHILLED WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH A PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER. THIS AUTOMATIC INDIRECT CYCLE PERMITS THE MAIN BUILDING SYSTEM'S 2,000-TON REFRIGERATION PLANT TO SERVE THE 115-TON COMPUTER LOAD AT ELEVATED CHILLED WATER SUPPLY TEMPERATURE (FOR REGULAR COOLING SEASON CONSERVATION) BY BOOST-CHILLING WITH THE COMPUTER'S CHILLER AND AS A YEAR-ROUND EMERGENCY STANDBY IN CASE OF THE COMPUTER CHILLER'S FAILURE. THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF CONTAMINATING ANY PORTION OF THE CHILLED WATER CIRCUIT WITH CONDENSER WATER.

Details

  • Original title: FREE COMPUTER FACILITY CHILLING WITH A NONCONTAMINATING OPEN COOLING TOWER CIRCUIT.
  • Record ID : 1982-0809
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1981
  • Source: Source: ASHRAE Trans.
    vol. 87; n. 1; 1405-1414; 3 fig.; 1 append.; discuss.
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