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Title: Experimental study of several ice heat sink concepts
Authors: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Engineer Power Group
Stubstad, J. M.
Quinn, William F.
Keywords: Cooling
Cooling systems
Electric power plants
Heat sinks
Military facilities
Underground facilities
Military bases
Publisher: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Series/Report no.: Special report (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)) ; 208.
Description: Special Report
Abstract: An analytical and laboratory model study was conducted on the potential use of ice as a medium for storage of waste heat developed by a hardened underground defense installation during the time it was operating on a closed cycle system. The use of ice is an attractive concept because of its high heat storage capacity per unit volume and its associated low coolant water temperatures. Three ice configurations were studied; a solid ice cylinder with annular flow, an ice block-water mixture, and an ice cube-water mixture. All of these configurations are shown to be feasible with the solid ice cylinder yielding the best overall performance.
Rights: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/11731
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