[BLDG-SIM] Thermal Ice Storage using Phase Change Material

William Bahnfleth wbahnfleth at psu.edu
Fri Mar 16 09:37:53 PDT 2007


Arizona State has (or at least had, last time I checked) a 54,000 
ton-hr empty-tank chilled water storage system.

http://www.lswsd.com/projects/projdesc_thermalsys.htm

According to the link below, the U of Az ice system is 15,000 ton-hr.

Bill Bahnfleth

At 11:44 AM 3/16/2007, Joel Londenberg wrote:
>The U of A uses water ice as the phase change material for thermal
>storage.  I visited their TES plant, it was very interesting and they
>were very accommodating with tours.  If any of you have the opportunity
>I highly recommend visiting.
>
>If I remember correctly, they have the largest TES system in the Western
>USA and run an entire campus, about 10k tons cooling, on 3 pumps.
>
>http://www.fm.arizona.edu/general/iceplant.cfm
>
>http://iiewww.ccit.arizona.edu/uamap/campus-map_Jan-04.pdf
>
>Joel Londenberg >>
>Project Manager
>DESIGN WEST ENGINEERING
>1845 Business Center Drive, Suite 215
>San Bernardino, CA  92408
>voice (909) 890-3700 ext: 204 | fax (909) 890-3770
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>
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