Development of a gas engine-driven chiller. Annual report, January 1988-November 1988

Technical Report · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:6496464

Koplow, M; Morgan, J

The report covers the third and final year of activity in a program to develop a natural gas engine-driven chiller with a nominal capacity of 150 tons. During the period covered by the report the field testing of six chillers continued, and a seventh and the final field test chiller was installed and started (April 1988). Field test hours for the period totalled 17,299, bringing the total field test hours to 24,247. The reliability and serviceability of the chiller have met expectations and have proven to be within the bounds of acceptability for this type of equipment. A ton-hour weighted coefficient of performance of 1.26 was obtained for the year.

• Research Organization: TECOGEN, Inc., Waltham, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6496464
• Report Number(s): PB-90-270414/XAB; TR--4474-156-89; CNN: GRI-5084-293-1135
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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