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Gas engine driven chiller demonstration: a Canadian experience.

Author(s) : HOOD S.

Summary

The paper describes the demonstration of a gas engine driven chiller over 3 cooling seasons in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. A Tecochill 525 kilowatts (150 refrigerant ton) chiller was installed at Trent University to provide cooling to a commons and library complex. A heat recovery system was also installed, in order to supplement the commons area's domestic hot water system with up to 117 kilowatts of waste heat from the engine coolant. The chiller, heat recovery system and an adjacent electric chiller were instrumented to gather operating and performance data. The paper describes relevant operating, economic and regularity issues to this type of equipment. It includes analyses of system performance, equipment size and weight, plant connections, operating strategy, service and maintenance issues, payback economics and environmental issues such as HCFCs, nitrogen oxide emissions and other air pollutants.

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  • Original title: Gas engine driven chiller demonstration: a Canadian experience.
  • Record ID : 1998-0572
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Heat pumping technologies towards the next century: applications and markets. Proceedings of the 5th IEA Conference.
  • Publication date: 1996/09/22
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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