Session Abstract The University of Texas System owns and operates seven (7) Chilled Water TES installation on five separate campuses. Individually, the TES installations have been in service for 6 to 23 years, for a total of 82 years of operating experience (an average of 12 years each, to...
6E3_Bass_DelReal.pdf
Session Abstract Even with well managed load growth, utility owners must strive to meet loads reliably and efficiently with limited budgets. UO is installing a TES tank and associated efficiency and operational upgrades to their chilled water system including VFD conversions, expanded cooling...
6E2_Grissom.pdf
Session Abstract The University of Virginia and Optimum Energy launched an initiative in 2020 to Optimize two plants on their largest chilled water loop - the Health System Loop. The initiative required installation of variable speed drives and additional metering equipment as well as the...
6E1_Frisbie_Stevens.pdf
Session Abstract In 2006, Université Laval, located in Quebec, Canada, started to decarbonize their heating network by using their chilled water network as an energy loop. Decentralized heat pumps harvest heat from this energy loop and produce low temperature heating water (110°F) for many...
6D3_Lussier_Vallieres.pdf
Session Abstract The ultimate goal of every HVAC installation is to provide the desired comfort at the lowest possible energy cost. In theory, this can be achieved using advance control technologies, but in practice, they don’t always perform as promised. The result is lower comfort level and...
6D2-Neupane.pdf
Session Abstract Power-to-X are new energy solutions that will help us build the future sustainable energy system. Power-to-X can turn wind and sun into green hydrogen, liquid fuels, and balance the energy systems. Power-to-Heat is a significant part of the power-to-x movement. In...
6D1_Breen_Neimeier.pdf
Session Abstract De-carbonising of heat has become a hot topic over the recent years due to the increased awareness of current climate change due to human activities. This has created a growing interest for high efficient high temperature heat pumps in North America for district heating, I...
6C3_Hoffmann.pdf
Session Abstract University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) operates a 7 MW CHP system. UMMS undertook a ten-year major systems outage in 2019, including a turbine swap, ammonia feed control system, CEMs system and system control upgrades all during this single outage. Upon...
6C2_Fraser_Collins.pdf
Session Abstract Implementation of the NextGeneration Connecticut program significantly invests in STEM facilities at the Storrs campus. To support this initiative, there is a significant investment in new district energy infrastructure including a Supplemental Utility Plant (SUP) plus...
6C1_Turner_Parker.pdf
Session Abstract Voted as ENR New England's 2020 Best Projects, On a 16-month project to improve an existing five-story central heating plant on the Boston College campus, with only one allotted shutdown allowed, the team committed nearly two years to preconstruction and extensive planning...
6B3_Diorio_Viswanathan.pdf
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