Operation and performance of commercial cool storage systems

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5491605

Merten, G P; Shum, S L; Sterrett, R H; Racine, W C ^[1]

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1. Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, CA (USA)

The performance of six cool storage installations was monitored and analyzed with participating electric utilities, under the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Commercial Cool Storage Field Performance Monitoring Project (RP 2732-05). The objective of this project is to provide information on the performance of cool storage systems to improve the system design and operation, and thereby the economics of such systems. In this report the cool storage system performance and impact of cool storage on the site electric demand and energy use is discussed. The performance of chilled water, electric salt, and ice storage systems is compared to each other and to the performance of non-storage, conventional air conditioning systems. Recommendations to improve system performance are made and fall into three areas: (1) integration of the cool storage system and building HVAC system, (2) system maintenance, and (3) storage tank design and operation. 2 refs., 14 figs., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, CA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: EPRI
• OSTI ID: 5491605
• Report Number(s): EPRI-CU-6561-Vol.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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