24-Story office tower air-conditioning system employing ice storage: A case history

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · ASHRAE Trans.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6118475

Gilbertson, T A; Jandu, R S

This paper presents a case history of an actual 24-story, 265,000 ft/sup 2/ (24,619 m/sup 2/) office building in San Francisco, California, that has installed a thermal storage system using ice. Reasons are presented why the first cost of the ice-thermal storage system was less than a system that would have used a conventional centrifugal cooling plant. The paper shows the specific selection of compressor and storage size, the refrigerating circuit design, the ice-builder storage system details, and the water and refrigerant flow diagrams. The cost impact and benefits to the structural, electrical, and architectural portions of the project are discussed as well as the effect on the mechanical design and construction.

• Research Organization: Hayakawa and Assoc., San Francisco, CA
• OSTI ID: 6118475
• Report Number(s): CONF-840124-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: ASHRAE Trans.; (United States) Journal Volume: 90:1B
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320102* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Office Buildings-- (-1987)
AIR CONDITIONERS
AIR CONDITIONING
ARCHITECTURE
BUILDINGS
CALIFORNIA
CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS
COLD STORAGE
COST
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FEDERAL REGION IX
FLOWSHEETS
FLUIDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
ICE
NORTH AMERICA
OFFICE BUILDINGS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PUMPS
REFRIGERANTS
REFRIGERATORS
STORAGE
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
USA
WATER
WORKING FLUIDS