Deep water source cooling: An un-tapped resource

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:272719

Burford, H E; Wiedemann, L ^[1]; Joyce, W S; McCabe, R E ^[2]

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1. Nova-Industra, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (United States)
2. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

Deep water source cooling (DWSC) refers to the renewable use of a large body of naturally cold water as a heat sink for process and comfort space cooling. Water at a constant 40-50{degrees}F or less is withdrawn from deep areas within lakes, oceans, aquifers and rivers and is pumped through the primary side of a heat exchanger. On the secondary side, clean chilled water is produced with one tenth the average energy required by conventional, chiller based systems. Coincident with significant energy and operating cost savings, DWSC offers reductions in air-borne pollutants and the release of environmentally harmful refrigerants. This paper discusses the basic design concepts, environmental considerations and performance related to the application of lake and ocean DWSC systems.

• OSTI ID: 272719
• Report Number(s): CONF-9510169--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
COOLANTS
DEPTH
DISTRICT COOLING
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT TRANSFER
WATER USE