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Cool Storage Performance
Abstract
Utilities have promoted the use of electric heat and
thermal storage to increase off peak usage of power.
High daytime demand charges and enticing discounts
for off peak power have been used as economic
incentives to promote thermal storage systems.
This article covers three thermal storage topics.
The first section catalogs various thermal storage
systems and applications. Included are: load
shifting and load leveling, chilled water storage
systems, and ice storage systems using Refrigerant 22
or ethylene glycol.
The second section discusses the result of system
simulation computer studies (TRACE) that show the
energy efficiencies of various cool storage methods.
Results are shown as energy cost in dollars per
square foot.
The last section addresses the need for advanced
energy management control systems for use with cool
storage systems and studies the success of such a
system at a corporate engineering building for The
Trane Company in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Citation
Eppelheimer, D. M. (1985). Cool Storage Performance. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6825.