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LoanSTAR Energy Conservation Audits: January 1989 - August 1990
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1990)
Fourteen audit reports, covering seventy buildings
and Texas' Governor's mansion, have been accepted as a
part of the Texas LoanSTAR Program. Task 1 (the first of
five) is responsible for audit reviews and assignments. ...
Overview of the Texas LoanSTAR Monitoring Program
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1990)
The Texas LoanSTAR program is an eight year, $98
million revolving loan program, funded by oil overcharge
dollars, for energy conservation retrofits in Texas state, local
government and school buildings. The program began ...
Conductive Thermal Interaction in Evaporative Cooling Process
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1990)
It has long been recognized that evaporative cooling is an effective and
logical substitute for mechanical cooling
in hot-arid climates. This paper explores
the application of evaporative coolers to
the hot-humid climates ...
Development of Diagnostic Rules for a Dry Bulb Economizer Mixed Air Loop
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1990)
Diagnostics of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning
(HVAC) systems is becoming increasingly important because
of the rising cost of operation and maintenance of HVAC
systems. At the same time, computer costs are ...
Infiltration Testing of Homes in the Houston Gulf Coast Area
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1990)
Air Changes per Hour (ACH)
are determined by construction
and weather conditions. In this
test, it was found that the ACH
is equal to .59 plus .07 for
every year of age the home has.
The higher ACH values for age are
due ...
Efficient Part Load Combined Cycle Operation.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1990)
During the oil crisis in the 1970s, many electric utilities assigned their base load portion of electric generation requirements to nuclear and coal fired steam plants. The intermediate duty in some cases was assigned to ...
Troubleshooting High Speed Couplings.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1990)
Couplings are a major concern of turbo equipment users. Couplings can and do result in many hours of lost sleep for the plant equipment specialists, and can cause failure of equipment resulting in extended periods of ...
Refinery Fuel Balancing with Cogeneration
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1990-06)
Placid is starting up a 7.6 MW cogeneration system in their Port Allen, Louisiana Refinery. The project was justified on efficiency improvement, reduced flaring and improved power reliability. The project was implemented ...
Electric Utility Environmental Issues in the 1990's
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1990-06)
The 1990s have been referred to as
the "Decade of the Environment".
President Bush as well as Congress have
made strengthening the Clean Air Act a
national priority. Reauthorization of the
Resource Conservation and ...
Troubleshooting Turbomachinery Problems Using A Statistical Analysis Of Failure Data.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1990)
The use of statistical techniques to investigate machinery failure data is one of the most powerful troubleshooting tools available to the turbomachinery engineer. This analysis tool can provide a great deal of information ...