Accession Number:

ADA361005

Title:

Advanced Gas Cooling Study for the Hospital at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB (ARMY) CHAMPAIGN IL

Personal Author(s):

• Caponegro, Michael A.
• Brown, William T.
• Pedersen, Timothy W.

Report Date:

1999-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

148.0

Abstract:

Based on its experience with a cogeneration project at Tyndall AFB, the Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency AFCESA tasked the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories USACERL to perform an analysis to see if such a concept, or some other cooling options, could be of economic benefit at the Air Force medical facility at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, where the cost of purchased electrical power is relatively high compared to that of natural gas. USACERL researchers developed a cooling load profile for the facility by reviewing plant records and interviewing plant operators. Boiler logs daily and monthly were consulted to determine heating loads, and a spreadsheet was developed to analyze nine options. Savings and first costs were input into the Life Cycle Cost in Design LCCID computer program to determine simple paybacks and savings-to-investment ratios for all options. Based on the results of the investigation, preferred options were recommended for meeting the facility cooling load.

Descriptors:

• *COOLING AND VENTILATING EQUIPMENT
• *HOSPITALS
• LIFE CYCLE COSTS
• AIR FORCE FACILITIES

Subject Categories:

• Air Conditioning, Heating, Lighting and Ventilating
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE