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October Meeting
Topic: Energy Savings Using Parallel Pumping and Packaged Pumping Skids
Presenter: Tony Egan, Armstrong Pumps
Date:
Thursday October 6th, 2005
Time:
4:00 Board Meeting
6:00 to 6:45 Social Period
6:45 Dinner Begins
7:00 Presentation
Location:
Dubsdread
The October 6th Central Florida chapter meeting will be about how
ASRAE 90.1-2001 impacts HVAC and hydronic pumping systems.
Our guest speaker for the meeting will be Mr. Tony Egan w/ Armstrong Pumps. Tony
will discuss proportional balancing and energy savings in relation to the
placement of sensors in the HVAC system.
Tony Egan's career spans more than thirty-five years in pumping and related
fluid flow equipment, in both the industrial and commercial markets. He majored
in Chemistry & Mechanical Engineering in British post-secondary education and is
currently located at Armstrong’s Toronto facilities as the Global Marketing
Manager for pumps and associated products.
We
hope to have another great turnout for our October meeting. Be sure to register
online, or pre pay with Pay-Pal. Hope to see everyone at the meeting.
Please register by Noon on
Monday, October 3rd, 2005. Don’t miss out on this great event!
By: Tim Citek
President Elect & Programs Chair
Our first meeting of the
ASHRAE Central Florida Chapter for 2005/2006 was held on Thursday, September 1st
at Dubsdread. We had more than 60 attendees on hand to hear Distinguished
Lecturer Verle Williams present “The Verletual Chiller Plant”.
Here are the survey results
from our first meeting:
Topic of
Presentation 17.5
out of 20.
Presentation of
Material 30.5 out of 40.
Provided Pertinent / Useful Information
32.2 out of 40.
Deduction for
Commercialization 0.3 out of 25.
For an overall score of 80%.
Here are some of the
comments that we received about the presentation:
- “I was impressed with
the presentation and found it very informative. Great start to the year.”
- “Verle did a great
job...practical application of sound engineering principals...great start
for the new ASHRAE year.”
- “This is the kind of
ASHRAE speaker that would be great if we had at all the meetings.”
Thanks for all of the
comments and THANK YOU VERLE!
I announced last month that
I was going to make sure that our meetings this year follow a set schedule and
end on time. I decreed that no meeting will “drag on”. Here are some comments
that we have received about that:
- “I hope the handling
of this meeting was an indication of things to come for the coming year.
Everything was done very professionally.”
- “I don't personally
see the need to 'speed the meeting up' from what has occurred in the past.”
- “I enjoyed the fact it
was short and to the point. Hopefully all the presentations will be that
way this year.”
Again thanks for your
comments. It will require a delicate balance to “keep things moving” but not to
make things seem rushed. I will rely on your comments throughout the year to
make sure that our meetings achieve this balance.
At our September meeting we
collected money for the American Red Cross to use to aid victims of Katrina. I
am pleased to say that including corporate matching the ASHRAE Central Florida
donation to the American Red Cross was $1,729.00! Thanks to everyone who
contributed. It’s not too late to make a difference - please bring any
additional donations to the October meeting.
I hope that you can make it
to our October meeting – it’s going to be great!
By: Todd Moore, P.E.
President
The Fall Golf Outing is at Diamond Player's Club on October 21st.
More information
We've all been watching the devastating results from hurricane Katrina over
the past week. Families are traveling throughout the country as a result of
offers for temporary housing and accommodations for personal needs.
As an example, it is estimated that there are 90 families currently sheltered
in my home county in SW Florida.
It is becoming increasingly clear that these displaced households may not be
temporary. Among the longer term needs that people may likely need include work.
That's where we at ASHRAE may be able to help!
If you have positions you can make available for short or long term prospects,
please forward to Damon Lynn or myself in a
format similar to the following example and it will be posted on the ASHRAE
Region 12 website www.ashraeregion12.org:
Florida Power and Light Company
Tracy Dickinson
700 Universe Blvd.
Juno Beach, FL 33408
561-694-3389
Tracy_Dickinson@FPL.com
This month’s history article focuses on a
HVAC manufacturing company with a local presence. Here is the history of Addison
Products Company.
“History of Addison Products Company”
In its early years, Addison Products Company turned its
attention to residential air conditioning.
Cliff Knight, founder, recognized the post
World War II housing boom offered a tremendous opportunity, and he pushed to
make central air conditioning affordable. The breakthrough came in the form of a
cooling coil with simple, inexpensive capillary tube refrigerant control. The
“split system” design used an air cooled condensing unit outside the home in
tandem with the cooling coil in the plenum of a warm-air-furnace. The furnace
blower was used to circulate cool air throughout the house. It was a major
industry breakthrough.
Throughout the1950s, Addison continued to
expand, adding a second plant and becoming one of the foremost suppliers of
residential comfort in the United States. Then in 1960, recognizing the
potential of heat pump technology, Addison purchased an innovative company named
WeatherKing, Inc. in Orlando, Florida. WeatherKing was a pioneer
in the development of water source and air source heat pumps for the warm, salt
air climate of the South, and a perfect match for Addison’s enterprising style.
Addison Products Company continued to expand
and add to its manufacturing facilities. As international markets began to
develop, Addison once again refocused and exporting products throughout the
world. Addison’s manufacturing capacity grew to encompass more than 1.2 million
square feet and its dedication to quality became a company trademark.
“Addison Products Company Turns Its Attention”
Addison Products Company has turned its attention to heat
pump technology and specialized commercial air conditioning products. In 1990
Addison sold its Michigan plants and redirected its capital investment. The
Addison brand name was born, and markets were targeted both domestically and
abroad. A state-of-the-art manufacturing facility was completed in
Orlando, Florida to design and manufacture this new generation of
comfort products.
Addison’s cationic
electro-deposition paint system insures that products have protection from the
elements, providing longer-lasting service, no matter the climate.
Addison engineers are now concentrating on
designing ground source heat pumps. The ground source heat pump utilizes
renewable energy – the heat from the ground – to warm rooms and heat water. It’s
a resourceful solution that does not bum fossil fuels or pollute the air, and
saves you money.
“Fedders Purchase of Addison Products Company”
On November 2, 2004 the New Jersey based company Fedders,
a leading global manufacturer of air treatment products, including air
conditioners, air cleaners, dehumidifiers and humidifiers and thermal technology
products, acquired Addison Products Company bringing a new name to the forefront
known as Fedders Addison Company. The newly combined company markets a broad
line of air conditioning products primarily serving commercial and institutional
markets. Key markets include supermarkets, schools, hospitals, shopping centers
and other establishments that utilize Addison's rooftop packaged heating and
cooling units, condensing units, heat pumps, air handlers, vertical packaged
units and water source heat pumps, including a full line of 100% outside air
units. The acquisition of Addison by Fedders allows one conglomerate to expand
its business in the central air conditioning and heating market.
T. Mark Kirby P. E.
ASHRAE Central Florida History Chairman 2005 - 2006
The official webpage for the ASHRAE "Sustainability and the Building
Environment" Satellite Broadcast/Webcast (scheduled for April 19, 2006) is
available at
http://www.ashrae.org/greenbuildingsbroadcast. The webpage features
information regarding the broadcast presenters and moderator, Frequently
Asked Questions, on-line registration dates, the tentative broadcast agenda,
and ASHRAE "Green" publications, courses, and Distinguished Lecturers.
Please take a few minutes to review this information, add the link to your
Internet favorites, and email it to your colleagues.
If you have comments or questions, please contact Rosy Douglas at rdouglas@ashrae.org
or call 678/539-1128.
Friends.
I am honored to be your research and promotions chair for this ASHRAE
year.
In the past this chapter was very instrumental to provide means for ASHRAE
research, and for that I thank you.
Our next chapter meeting is named for this cause and I would like to
recognize everyone, who last year generously donated for the future of our
industry.
So please come to the October meeting and be recognized.
Our research is the future of our industry and that means your future.
You Research and Promotion Chair
Firouz Keikavousi
The ASPE/ASHRAE Product Show will be December 8th, 2005 at the Central
Florida Fairgrounds. Sign up for a booth now.
More
Jason Z Alphonso
Chair, Student Activities 2005-06
Welcome back to our new ASHRAE year! Do you know anyone who
should be a member that isn’t? If you do, ask them to join you at the next
meeting. Your Chapter needs new members and the energy and experience that they
bring with them.
Are you an associate member who should upgrade your
membership? Let us know so we can help! Take a look at the requirements, you may
be in a position to do this.
If you have been getting notices on your membership
renewal, it is past time to get online with ASHRAE’s website and renew. If you
get a friendly reminder call from the calling committee, please understand it is
important to the Chapter that all our members are current and do not get dropped
from the membership roster. This will occur automatically if it is overdue. We
want to make sure this does not happen to your membership!
Please let me know if I can help,
Bill Carlock, Membership Promotion Chair,
bcarlock@bellsouth.net
Adsorption Dynamics and Transport Phenomena
Adsorption refrigeration is
chosen as a favorable option due to the low cost of operation and
environmentally friendly capability. It is an efficient choice and good user of
solar energy and waste heat. However, there are obstacles that are still trying
to be overcome using adsorption refrigeration. One of these is the low COP due
to the low heat and mass transfer properties in the adsorption / desorption
processes.
Typically all focuses and continuous improvement on
the cycle emphasize the steady state thermodynamic modeling of the cycle. The
big factors over looked which highly affect the COP are transport phenomena and
kinetic abilities (all transient). Focusing on the process dynamics of the
cycle, the adsorption and desorption processes are very fast in the beginning of
the cycle and then become much slower as time progresses. This result is a long
cycling time which is proportional to a lower COP. The reason is with a longer
cycle time, the sensible heating or cooling during the same time interval will
decrease compared with a short cycle time. If investigation in lowering the
cycle time is studied and hence focusing on the kinetics of the system, the
cooling power could be greatly increased.
Greg Romanczyk
CTTC Co Chair
The ASHRAE annual winter meeting will be held in Chicago from January 21 –
25, 2006. Last year, we (the Central Florida Chapter of ASHRAE) were fortunate
enough to host the meeting right here in our back yard. Thousands of our fellow
engineers, designers and vendors attended the Orlando winter meeting, many for
the first time. It was a great opportunity for all of us to see, listen and
learn where our industry is and where it is heading.
The 2006 Chicago Winter Meeting will no doubt provide us with a vast amount
of new information regarding cutting edge technology, new concepts in-the-works
and back-up for long used and proven methods. Even though the meeting isn’t for
a few months, now is the time to make plans to head up to the Windy
City for this incredible event. Here is a brief list of Professional
Development Seminars (PDS), Short Courses and General and Technical tours that
will be available to you in Chicago.
Professional Development Seminars (PDS)
Development and Analysis of Piping Systems
Designing Underfloor Air Distribution Systems (UFAD)
Cool Tools for Building Performance
Short Courses
Humidity Control I – Basic Principles, Loads and Equipment
Designing Residential Ventilation Systems to Meet ASHRAE Standard 62.2
Cooling and Heating Load Calculation Fundamentals
Evaluating and Designing Exhaust Systems to Avoid Fume Reentry
Compliance with ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2004 HVAC/Mechanical
Introduction to Green Buildings and Sustainable Construction
Determining Energy Savings from Performance Contracting Projects
-Measurement and Verification
An Introduction to BACnet
Fundamentals of Panel Heating and Cooling
Humidity Control II – Applications, Control Levels and Mold Avoidance
Complying with Requirements of ASHRAE Standard 62.1 – 2004
A Designer’s Introduction to Commercial Desiccant Systems
General Tours
Lifestyles of Chicago’s Rich and Famous
Great Tastes of Chicago
A Cultural Safari – The Arts in Chicago
Chicago’s Cultural Crossroads
The History and Architecture of Oak Park/River Forest
Technical Tours
AMCA International Tour – A Behind-the-scenes Look at Laboratory Testing
Chicago Center for Green Technology – a LEED Platinum Building
The John Buck Co.
Eli Cheesecake Factory
Loyola University – Della Strata Chapel
Self Guided Tour : Exelon elevator and stair pavilions
Student Tour: Grainger
In addition to the PDS’s, Short Courses and Tours there are many very
beneficial technical seminars and social events occurring throughout the entire
duration. Consult this month’s ASHRAE Journal and ASHRAE Insights for a
description of the short courses, seminars and tours.
Robert J. Egan
CTTC Co Chair
ATLANTA - ASHRAE.org, the Web site of the American Society
of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, has earned an award of
excellence from the Web Marketing Association.
The association's Standard of Excellence WebAward recognizes the best Web sites
in a variety of industry categories. Past Standard of Excellence sites include
The American Water Works Association, ABC News, and Abercrombie and Fitch.
Judges noted that ASHRAE.org is "easy to navigate and easy to find your contact
information." Entries are judged on design, innovation, content, technology,
interactivity, copywriting and ease of use.
The site exceeds 6,000 unique visits per day and hosts 8,000 documents.
ASHRAE.org was launched in 1995 to deliver information to the HVAC&R industry,
including authoritative, in-depth technical information, information on Society
activities, updates on emerging trends in new technologies, and information on
HVAC&R products, companies and organizations.
"ASHRAE.org is designed to make it easy for visitors to find the information
they need in order to help fulfill their obligation to their clients and
customers as well as to the Society," David McAlister, ASHRAE's manager of
electronic communications, said. "For Internet professionals to judge our site a
Standard of Excellence in Web design is encouraging. But the usability and
friendliness of a site depends on member feedback and constant study of industry
best practices. We see this award as confirmation that we're on the right path."
Services of the site include:
* Discussion boards to enable practitioners to share expertise and
opinions in a variety of technical areas.
* Online meetings for committees.
* An interactive membership application form.
* A career services center where members can post resumes and search
for jobs.
* Enewsletters, The HVAC&R Industry, which provides weekly industry
update to subscribers, and Society Connections, which provides discussion forums
on technical issues and Society news.
The Web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to help set a high standard
for Internet marketing and corporate Web development on the World Wide Web.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of 55,000 persons. Its
sole objective is to advance through research, standards writing, publishing and
continuing education the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air
conditioning and refrigeration to serve the evolving needs of the public.
ASHRAE Implements New Process to Update Code-Intended Standards
ATLANTA - As part of ongoing efforts to increase use of its standards, the
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
(ASHRAE) has announced a major change to availability of addenda to
code-intended standards.
The move puts ASHRAE in line with issuance of model building codes.
In the past, addenda for code-intended standards on continuous maintenance were
posted individually on ASHRAE.org after being approved by the Board of Directors
for publication. Now, Board-approved addenda to code-intended standards will be
published in a supplement. The supplements for each standard will be published
on a regular schedule halfway between the three year publication of each
standard. The addenda also will be incorporated into each standard when it is
reissued after its last publication.
Richard Hermans, P.E., chair of ASHRAE's Standards Committee, acknowledges
the change is significant. "Our whole approach to how we relate to the
building code industry is changing," Hermans said. "We are seeking more
involvement with the model code development community to assist us in our code
proposals. We are responding to member concerns over the cost of keeping up with
our code-intended standards. By cost, I am not referring to the dollars spent
for obtaining the updated documents but rather the cost in time to train
employees about the new requirements contained in addenda. And we are aligning
our release of certain standards to coincide with the model code schedules for
code change proposals."
All of these actions point to a policy of releasing addenda on a predictable
schedule spaced out over years, he said. "In this way, we will develop our
code-intended standards in the same way that groups such as the International
Code Council and the National Fire Protection Association, both of which
incorporate ASHRAE standards, maintain their model codes," he said.
The change applies only to code-intended standards that are on continuous
maintenance. These are:
- Standard 15, Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems;
- Standard 34, Designation and Safety Classification of
Refrigerants;
- Standard 52.2, Method of Testing General Ventilation Air Cleaning
Devices for Removal Efficiency by Particle Size;
- Standard 62.1, Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in
Commercial, Institutional, Industrial and High-Rise Residential Buildings;
- Standard 62.2, Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in
Low-Rise Residential Buildings;
- Standard 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise
Residential Buildings;
- Standard 90.2, Energy Efficient Design of Low-Rise Residential
Buildings;
- Standard 140, Standard Method of Test for the Evaluation of
Building
Energy Analysis Computer Programs.
The first supplements for standards published will be available in March
2006.
For more information on ASHRAE's work in standards, visit
www.ashrae.org/standards.
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