Seminar 14 -- Energy Efficient Snow Melt System Design

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Pedestrian and transportation safety, security, and building accessibility may require snow and ice control afforded by snow melting systems. Balancing energy and environmental issues with client expectations has never been more important, requiring greater analysis of system designs and equipment selection. The seminar reviews research leading to the development of the ASHRAE Transient Snow-melting Analysis Software, examples of load calculations based on storm characteristics using the program, conversion of loads into system designs and equipment selections for various applications.

14-1 Snow Melt Research and Analysis of Design Alternatives Using the ASHRAE Snow Melt Software Tool
/ Jeffrey Spitler, Ph.D., P.E., Oklahoma State University
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14-2 Thermal to Hydraulic Calculation Procedure for Snow Melting Systems
/ Robert Bean, Healthy Heating
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14-3 Optimizing Circulator Selections for Temperature Extremes In Glycol Mixes
/ Hans Brink Hansen, Grundfos A/S
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Citation: ASHRAE Seminar Recording, 2012 Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX



Product Code(s): D-SA12Sem14