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A Comprehensive Review of the Tests Completed on the Flow Loop at the Energy Systems Laboratory (Draft)
Abstract
In 1988 the Governor's Energy Office (GEO) of Texas received approval from the U.S.
Department of Energy to establish a $98.6 million state-wide retrofit demonstration
program, the LoanSTAR (Loan to Save Taxes and Resources) Program. The LoanSTAR
Program was designed to demonstrate commercially available, energy efficient, retrofit
technologies and techniques. Part of the approved DOE program includes monitoring
buildings to determine the effectiveness of the retrofits. The monitoring for this program
is composed of thermal metering (chilled and hot water Btu measurements), electrical load
metering, psychrometric data (cooling and heating coil temperatures and humidities), and
weather monitoring. All of the sensors and monitoring equipment must be calibrated prior
to installation and recalibrated periodically while in service. For this purpose, a calibration
facility was developed in which National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-
traceable instrumentation is maintained (Turner et al. 1992).
Description
This paper discusses the progress and accomplishments of the flowloop calibration facility . since its inception. A chronological history of the facility is presented along with results from each stage of testing. The paper is organized in major sections according to the test section pipe size and the type of metering tested.Collections
Citation
Robinson, J. (1992). A Comprehensive Review of the Tests Completed on the Flow Loop at the Energy Systems Laboratory (Draft). Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), Texas A&M University; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /2111.