Advanced Cooling Technology, Inc. quarterly technical progress report

Technical Report · Wed Jul 29 04:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10168360· OSTI ID:10168360

Myers, H S

Advanced Cooling Technology (ACT), Inc., will perform the following tasks in order to develop an improved, more reliable and more marketable version of their ACT Evaporative Subcooling System: (1) Develop a more stable pump by reducing vibration levels; (2) Design and develop a drainage mechanism that will protect the coil; (3) Apply for Underwriters laboratories approval and perform follow-up and coordination work to complete task to insure product is safe, within its intended applications; (4) Test invention`s performance to demonstrate energy savings and long term resistance to scale and corrosion; (5) Contract with the American Refrigeration Institute to perform engineering tests under controlled laboratory conditions; (6) Organize data, and develop technical manual for helping purchasers determining energy savings and inventions merits, and (7) Perform a field test in a cooperative supermarket, where utility usage can be measured on a before and after basis. Tasks 1,2 are completed; task 3 was abandoned for reasons explained in the last quarterly progress report. Progress on tasks 4 and 5 is reported in this paper. (GHH)

• Research Organization: Advanced Cooling Technology, Inc., Lexington, KY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-91CE15525
• OSTI ID: 10168360
• Report Number(s): DOE/CE/15525--T3; ON: DE92018682
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES
EVAPORATORS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PROGRESS REPORT
PUMPS
REFRIGERATORS
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