1999 ASHRAE Technology Awards: New Brine System for Skating Rink

Describes an ASHRAE Award-winning design of a new four-pass brine system with evaporators in series, used to replace corroded header pipes in indoor ice rinks in Montreal. Illustrates the system schematically, which reduced brine flow by 50% and pump horsepower by 40%, while maintaining sufficient fluid velocity in the heat exchangers. Details the savings in electricity consumption for several rinks in tables, giving a cumulative saving for five rinks of $200,000 (Canadian).

Citation: ASHRAE Journal, vol. 41. no. 8, August 1999



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