District Cooling
5.Installation
Date : 2014-03-05 17:11
Above Grade Concrete Tanks |
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| The following section shows the flexibility in locating the thermal storage equipment. Examples include above grade concrete storage tanks at the Tampa Electric Company (TECO) Miami Plant, below grade tanks at Baltimore Comfort Link® Camden Yards District Cooling Plant and above grade round steel tanks at the Baltimore Comfort Link® District Plant II. Ice thermal storage equipment can be located below parking facilities, gardens, and driveways, in basements, on grade near the chiller plant or in the chiller plant. |
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| 1. Empty concrete tank with liner
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| 2. Rigging first ice coil
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| 3. Placement of the first two-coil module
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| 4. Final placement of the first pair of two-coil modules
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| 5. All coils in place in the tank. The coils are arranged four-coils high by two-coil modules wide by four-coils long.
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| 6. Tank with glycol supply and return piping above coils
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| 7. Outdoor tank complete with concrete covers.Typical arrangement of glycol chillers in plant adjacent to the tank. |
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Above Grade Cylindrical Steel Tanks |
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| Above grade round steel tanks at the Baltimore Comfort Link® District Plant II
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| Aerial view of Baltimore’s Comfort Link® District Cooling Plant II. The concrete building with cooling towers on the roof, houses the chiller plant. Behind the chiller plant are two round steel ice thermal storage tanks.
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| Steel tanks located behind the cooling towers out of sight
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| Welded steel tank ready for ice thermal storage coils. No liner was required.
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| Final thermal storage coil being rigged into place
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| Ice coil pattern inside steel tank
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| Competed ice tanks
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Below Grade Concrete Tanks |
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| Overview of Baltimore’s Comfort Link® Camden Yard’s below grade concrete tank. The chiller plant and an additional ice thermal storage tank (located in the basement) is in the Convention Center across the street. Today a parking lot is located above the tank.
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| Excavation of the tank
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| Pouring concrete slabs
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| Glycol supply and return piping to chiller plant in the Convention Center across the street. The piping is located under a busy downtown street.
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| Field erected chillers in the Comfort Link® Chiller Plant located in the Convention Center
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| Ice Thermal Storage Tank roof poured in place
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| The roof of the tank is insulated
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| Access opening for rigging the coils in place
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| View from inside the tank
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| Installation of coils into tank through the access opening
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| Installation of coils into tank through the access opening
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| Ice Thermal Storage Coils in their final location in the tank
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| Completed ice tank with parking lot above. Below the dark paving on the street is the piping to and from the Convention Center chiller plant. The tank is accessible through bulkhead door (circled in photo) located adjacent to parking lot. |