Ice stores in refrigeration

Ice stores are used in refrigeration to cover an increased additional cooling requirement (peak load). The ice stores are usually charged over night when general energy requirements and energy costs are low.

• investigation of the charging and discharging of an ice store
• system with ice store, compression refrigeration system, dry and wet cooling towers
• refrigeration circuit for R513A with compressor, condenser, evaporator and expansion valve
• glycol-water circuits with pumps: cooling of the refrigerant condenser, heating of the refrigerant evaporator, charging/discharging of the ice store, operation of the dry cooling tower
• water circuit with pump to operate the wet cooling tower
• measurement of all relevant temperatures, pressures, flow rates and power consumption to balance the processes
• software for data acquisition via USB under Windows 11