Assessment of cool storage in commercial building applications

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6311675· OSTI ID:6311675

Asbury, J G; Giese, R F; Calm, J M

Cool storage can be used for electrical load leveling in commercial building applications. Analysis of conventional chilled-water and ice-storage systems indicates that payback periods, relative to nonstorage systems, of less than four years are available under the partial-storage, or load-leveling, mode of operations. Storage systems with sufficient capacity to eliminate completely on-peak operation of the refrigeration systems entail larger initial capital outlays and longer paybacks under existing commercial-class electric rate schedules. Better storage performance and lower costs could be achieved through improved matching of the storage and the refrigeration systems and through improved latent-heat storage systems.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6311675
• Report Number(s): ANL/SPG-22; ON: DE83008727
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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