my summer project: measuring chilled water needs for winter cooling on campus
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My Summer Project: Measuring Chilled Water Needs for Winter Cooling on Campus. By Scott Womer , Engineering Intern College of Engineering, Class of ‘15. My Odyssey al La Plant. Technology Trash Recycler. Engineering Intern. Compost Hauler. Winter Cooling Summer Project Idea. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
My Summer Project:Measuring Chilled Water Needs for
Winter Cooling on Campus
By Scott Womer, Engineering InternCollege of Engineering, Class of ‘15
My Odyssey al La PlantEngineering InternCompost HaulerTechnology Trash Recycler
Winter Cooling Summer Project IdeaBuildings on campus attached to chilled water require winter cooling.
As of now most use air and domestic water for cooling.
Is there a way we can use our chilled water to more effectively provide this cooling
Join the Physical plant, go exotic places find interesting equipment and record the information
Coolers/Cold Rooms Server Rooms
Growth Chambers Freezer Rooms
Have all the info but how are we going to quantify the loads and chilled water required? …(stay with me, here’s where it gets “science-y”)
Energy Produced HIGH HEAT
LOW HEAT
Reverse…Cool Mike and Take heatHIGH HEAT
LOW HEAT
Cool in Different WaysAir Cooled Water Cooled
Heat Conduction Difference
Air Conduction = .025 Water = .563
Water 25 times better than “conducting” heat than air
Quantify? Total Thermal Energy = Thermal Loss * Amount of Stuff Losing it
Q = (Tin – Tout) *(Gallon/min)(500)
Temperature DROP & GPM
I got to use a……Temperature…Laser
then I’m asked to…“Find out how fast the flow goes?”
• Use a Flow Meter (best and easiest method)
• Manual (“a pail and a stopwatch”)
• Guess (using standards and equipment specs)
When there were no flow meters…Liters/Second GPMLiters Per Second converted into Gallons Per Minute
….but then people wondered what the student intern was doing in the closet all day….
Organized the Information in Shared folder
…and massive Excel file
Chilled Water GPM• GPM for known loads already entered
into spreadsheet.
• All information and equations are ready for when the unknown GPM is known
Auto-Cad Cooling Details
Major Opportunity and Solution Example
Davis Center Jeffords Hall
Davis Center
Proper Controls Set in place
Rooftop Condenser to Outside Air
Davis GPM & Temperature Trending
Trending of GPM and Temp show maximum and minimum demands on loop
Davis Center resultsGPM of Food Loop MAX = 22
Max Temperature Drop = 12 F
Max HEAT = 121,000 BTU/hr
GPM Required Chilled Water = 15.37
More Buildings Ready and More to Come
MUCH Thanks to these PPD staff:Mike Pelletier Russ Charron
Dave Blatchly Scott O’Brien
Matt Malloy Randall Reynolds
Erica Spiegel Corey Berman
Former Intern: Shaun Connelly