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Handbook of air conditioning and refrigeration / Shan K

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CHAPTER 31<br />

AIR CONDITIONING<br />

SYSTEMS: THERMAL<br />

STORAGE SYSTEMS<br />

31.1 THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEMS 31.1<br />

System Description 31.1<br />

Building Energy Consumption <strong>and</strong><br />

Thermal Storage Systems 31.2<br />

Electric Deregulation <strong>and</strong> the Impact on<br />

Thermal Storage Systems 31.2<br />

Benefits <strong>and</strong> Drawbacks <strong>of</strong> Thermal<br />

Storage Systems 31.2<br />

Full Storage <strong>and</strong> Partial Storage 31.3<br />

Ice Storage <strong>and</strong> Chilled Water<br />

Storage 31.5<br />

31.2 ICE-ON-COIL, INTERNAL-MELT ICE<br />

STORAGE SYSTEMS 31.6<br />

System Description 31.6<br />

Brine <strong>and</strong> Glycol Solution 31.6<br />

Ice Storage Tank 31.7<br />

Case Study: Operating Modes <strong>of</strong><br />

Ice-on-Coil Ice Storage System 31.7<br />

System Characteristics 31.9<br />

31.3 ICE-ON-COIL, EXTERNAL-MELT ICE<br />

STORAGE SYSTEMS 31.10<br />

System Description 31.10<br />

Ice Builders 31.11<br />

Refrigerant Feed 31.11<br />

Ice-Charging Control 31.11<br />

System Characteristics 31.11<br />

Case-Study: An Ice-on-Coil External-Melt<br />

Ice Storage System 31.13<br />

31.4 ENCAPSULATED ICE STORAGE<br />

SYSTEMS 31.13<br />

System Description 31.13<br />

Location <strong>of</strong> Chiller <strong>and</strong> Storage<br />

Tank 31.14<br />

Controls 31.14<br />

31.1 THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEMS<br />

System Description<br />

Charging <strong>and</strong> Discharging 31.15<br />

System Characteristics 31.15<br />

31.5 ICE-HARVESTING ICE STORAGE<br />

SYSTEMS 31.15<br />

System Description 31.15<br />

Ice Making or Charging 31.16<br />

Chiller Operation 31.17<br />

System Characteristics 31.17<br />

31.6 COMPARISON OF VARIOUS ICE<br />

STORAGE SYSTEMS 31.17<br />

31.7 STRATIFIED CHILLED WATER<br />

STORAGE SYSTEMS 31.18<br />

System Description 31.18<br />

Basics for Chilled Water Storage 31.18<br />

Storage Tanks 31.19<br />

Stratified Tanks 31.19<br />

Temperature Gradient <strong>and</strong><br />

Thermocline 31.20<br />

Diffusers 31.20<br />

Charging <strong>and</strong> Discharging Temperature<br />

versus Tank Volume 31.22<br />

System Characteristics 31.23<br />

31.8 CASE STUDY: A STRATIFIED<br />

CHILLED WATER STORAGE<br />

SYSTEM 31.23<br />

Chilled Water Storage System 31.23<br />

Concentric Double-Octagon<br />

Diffusers 31.24<br />

Charging Process 31.26<br />

Discharging Process 31.26<br />

Part-Load Operation 31.27<br />

System Performance 31.28<br />

REFERENCES 31.28<br />

A thermal energy storage <strong>air</strong> <strong>conditioning</strong> system, or simply a thermal storage system, consists <strong>of</strong> a<br />

central plant, a chilled water or brine system incorporated with a thermal storage system, a hot water<br />

system, an <strong>air</strong> system including AHUs , terminals, return <strong>air</strong> system, smoke control systems, <strong>and</strong><br />

31.1

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