Conservation story takes to the road. [Potomac Edison Co. of Allegheny Power System]
Potomac Edison Co. personnel designed a compact mobile energy-conservation display that demonstrated energy conservation applications to industry, commerce, government, and educators; this van went on the road in December 1974. Among the displays in the vehicle were a working model of a liquid-heating tank that used floating plastic balls as a cover to conserve heat losses and evaporation, a microwave oven, types of insulation and their applications, and a demand controller designed to reduce consumer peak loads and demand charges. Other displays showed temperature and automatic time controls that could be used in locations unoccupied for various periods of time and lighting applications that stressed use of the most efficient lamps and luminaires and emphasized equipment maintenance; a heat pump, a heat-recovery wheel, heat pipe, and model ''run-around system'' for recovering and reusing heat from various industrial processes were also included. (EAPA Ed. note: as of January 1976, plans were to refurbish, update, and put this van back on the road during the upcoming summer). (MCW)
- OSTI ID:
- 7193849
- Journal Information:
- Electr. World; (United States), Vol. 183:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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