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Anthem Sustainability Project, James Askegren, David Coleman, Luis Morgan Jan 2017

Anthem Sustainability Project, James Askegren, David Coleman, Luis Morgan

Capstone Design Expo Posters

Data centers are multiplying in number and size as electronic business, communication, collaboration, and recreation continue to increase in popularity. A large amount of electrical power consumed by data center computing equipment is converted to heat, requiring dedicated cooling systems 24 hours a day. Some data center operators have begun taking advantage of this heat instead of expelling it to the atmosphere. This approach not only reduces the electricity costs of these facilities but also minimizes the environmental impact they generate. Anthem has a 2.5 MW data center for which they would like to develop an air-to-air thermal recycle method. …


Solar Evaporative Fan Coil Unit, Samuel Budnick, Kyle Kluever, Jeremy Dickson May 2015

Solar Evaporative Fan Coil Unit, Samuel Budnick, Kyle Kluever, Jeremy Dickson

Mechanical Engineering and Technology Senior Projects

The purpose of any engineering project is to anticipate a need and meet that need through prediction analysis and design. Over 70% of the nation’s energy is consumed by building infrastructure such as HVAC systems, electrical, etc. HVAC systems use boilers to generate hot water or steam to heat buildings and evaporative chillers to provide air conditioning, much like the central plant here on campus. The project included the construction of a solar collector that will heat water to 140F in order to run it through a heat exchanger that can have air passed over it. An evaporative chiller was …


Solar Evaporative Fan Coil Unit, Kyle Kluever, Samuel Budnick, Jeremy Dickson May 2015

Solar Evaporative Fan Coil Unit, Kyle Kluever, Samuel Budnick, Jeremy Dickson

Mechanical Engineering and Technology Senior Projects

The purpose of any engineering project is to anticipate a need and meet that need through prediction analysis and design. Over 70% of the nation’s energy is consumed by building infrastructure such as HVAC systems, electrical, etc. HVAC systems use boilers to generate hot water or steam to heat buildings and evaporative chillers to provide air conditioning, much like the central plant on campus. The project included the construction of a solar collector that will heat water to 140F in order to run it through a heat exchanger that can have air passed over it. An evaporative chiller was also …


Solar Evaporative Fan Coil Unit, Jeremy Dickson, Sam Budnick, Kyle Kluever May 2015

Solar Evaporative Fan Coil Unit, Jeremy Dickson, Sam Budnick, Kyle Kluever

Mechanical Engineering and Technology Senior Projects

The purpose of any engineering project is to anticipate a need and meet that need through prediction analysis and design. Over 70% of the nation’s energy is consumed by building infrastructure such as HVAC systems, electrical, etc. HVAC systems use boilers to generate hot water or steam to heat buildings and chillers to provide cold water for cooling. The overall solar evaporative fan coil unit project involves the design and construction of a system that will heat and cool air using a solar collector and an evaporative chiller. This report covers the design and construction of the evaporative chiller specifically. …