A direct-contact-charged direct-contact-discharged cool storage system using gas hydrate

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985 · ASHRAE Trans.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5590400

Carbajo, J J

A cool storage system using a refrigerant gas hydrate as the storage medium and being direct-contact charged, direct-contact discharged is under development at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A test facility has been built and was operated without any problem during either the charging or the discharging process. Some of the tests performed are described. At present, only refrigerant-12 has been used. Future plans include the use of other low-pressure refrigerants or mixtures of refrigerants that also form hydrates in order to reduce the total pressure in the system. A full-scale cool storage system is under design.

• Research Organization: Engineering Tech. Div., Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge, TN
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5590400
• Report Number(s): CONF-850606-
• Journal Information: ASHRAE Trans.; (United States), Vol. 91:2A; Conference: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers' semiannual meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA, 23 Jun 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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