Full Description

A student-written BASIC computer program is discussed, which allows students to examine the thermal and economic performance of cool storage for several building mechanical applications in various U.S. locations. For a given site and building type, the program calculates the thermal performance of a conventional system, a load-leveling system, and a full storage system. Then, for a given set of economic parameters the program estimates the first cost and annual operating costs of each system. Graphs of the daily capacity profile for each system are also provided.

Citation: Symposium, ASHRAE Transactions, vol. 95, pt. 1, Chicago 1989