Development of a high temperature solar powered water chiller. Phase III technical progress report, April 1, 1979-September 30, 1979

Technical Report · Thu Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6406348

English, R A

This project is to design, construct, and test a 25 ton air cooled water chiller for multi-family and commercial applications. The design utilizes a dual loop Rankine power cycle driving a Rankine vapor compression cycle. The prime mover, a high speed turbo machine with a variable speed electric auxiliary energy source, is being designed and built under subcontract by Mechanical Technology, Inc. During this period, materials, components, and subassemblies were procured and fabrication of the chiller has been nearly completed. The turbo machine assembly has not been started. A boiler feed pump has been developed and tested satisfactorily. All instrumentation and test equipment has been selected and ordered, and the test facility is under construction.

• Research Organization: Carrier Corp., Syracuse, NY (USA). Energy Systems Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-77CS31590
• OSTI ID: 6406348
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/31590-; ON: DE81023558
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
AIR CONDITIONERS
CONSTRUCTION
DATA ACQUISITION
DATA PROCESSING
DESIGN
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
HEAT ENGINES
MACHINERY
PROCESSING
PUMPS
RANKINE CYCLE
RANKINE CYCLE ENGINES
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEAT ENGINES
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
TURBOMACHINERY
VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION CYCLE