Report on Thermal energy system project

Introduction of Thermal energy system project

In this report, there is complete information about the Thermal energy system for the golf course. According to the scenario, a golf course in a small town is involved in consuming substantial amount of water. But according to that community is increasing and its concern has been increased for long term sustainability of water supply. For that case, there is need of an agreement that was held between the golf course and the city in which reclaimed water is used for the irrigation purpose of the golf course. Due to this process, it will provide over 30 million gallons of water per year. But the main issue is that it is not meeting the requirement of golf course and also domestic irrigation water. According to this problem, a research facility is involved in using significant amount of water for housing fish stocks.

Then after this case, they are required to maintain the healthy population of fish they chilled that water and circulated in tanks. But this water is not usable again. This water is set to the drain just after the use. Moreover, this golf course is completely adjacent to a Chilled water plant and made accordingly to the requirement for its cooling tower. According to that condition, research facility is providing opportunity for water to recover on time and also used at the golf course and cooling water plant and also reducing the amount pumped from the aquifer. According to this scenario, the management is looking for a new pond on the golf course with a proper water feature and it is connected to the lower pond and it will act like water hazard.

A complete system will be designed in such a way that will bring water from the discharge chilled water storage tanks located near to research facility towards the golf course and also provide water to the cooling tower according to requirement. This is all due to the local district energy plant that is serving the community and also some steam tunnels are available for routing the pipe and reducing the amount of excavation required. The discharge rate of fishery water is required to maintain the desired level on the ponds but the cooling water contains lower flow requirements. Due to this case, control value is suggested to ensure that the cooling tower contains sufficient water that can easily pass through it. According to this problem designated work area has been chosen with proper equipment.

Tasks for the department of Thermal energy system project

The civil engineering team is responsible for the excavation of the desired pipe route and pond design. Moreover, electrical engineering team is responsible for the designing of automation control of the system with sensors and also completing the power requirement. Furthermore, mechanical team is involved in designing the layout of the pipe and specify required pumps and values required for the whole system. These layout must be cost effective and also feasible for the final design of the whole for golf course and the city.

Requirement of the system of Thermal energy system project

Equipment space of Thermal energy system project

The area is suitable for the required equipment is about  and its celling height is about 15 feet. The floor is made up of smooth concrete that contains suitable drainage. On the other hand, it first floor is set at the elevation of 2570 feet. Moreover, this area is located 62 feet west of the steam tunnel and also connected with the building. The next thing is that this fishery water comes in the steel pipe through the help of ceiling that is located in the centre of the equipment room. This pipe is coming down towards the height of 10 feet where it is turning 90% towards south and also leave the building drain towards outside. The operating speed of the pump is about 3600 rpm.

The next thing is that fishery drainage storage tank fishery wastewater will go towards the tank and then it will send to the drainage at the rate of 46 gpm. According to this case, the temperature of water in the fish tank is about 68 Fahrenheit. Another fact is that the tank located in the research facility has the capacity of about 200 gallons and its water level is about 1.7 feet. Moreover, its drain is about 6 inches of the floor. Due to this, the research facility is only responsible for teeming the tank into fishery drainpipe. This tank can be placed anywhere in the whole designated space. According to this fact, the team will be connected from the drain on the tank to the golf course cooling tower.

Pipe of Thermal energy system project

It can be noted that a direct bury cold is buried in the ground but it will enters towards the steel tunnel at such spot that is suitable for the team. Then after this when the pipe from research facility travelled towards the steam tunnel it will leave that tunnel and move towards the cold water plant. For that case, a pipe tee is required when it will reach towards the plant where this flow is directed towards the cooling tower. Moreover, after this tee the pie will head towards the pond and it is about 580 feet. Another thing is that maps of the cold water route with estimated linear feet of pipe is required by the team and its depth is about 4 feet below the ground.

Space for equipment

Now for the chilled water plant, there is requirement of area for the equipment is about and that contains a celling height of 15 feet. On the other hand, floor elevation is present at 2675 feet. Now the makeup water will enter in the space through the hole present in the floor at the northeast cooling tower.

The dimension of cooling tower is about but the main thing is that in tower there is requirement if 33 gpm of water that will enter at the pressure of 35 psi during normal operation. The next thing is that blow down water will leave the tower at 16.5 gpm at pressure of 5 psi and temperature of 85 Fahrenheit. The next thing is that the inlet and outlet of tower is arranged at 6 feet from the floor and present in the middle of the tower at only 1 feet. After the sand filter the pressure loss is about 20 psi. Moreover, from the working area the north edge of the cooling tower is at 50 feet.  

Now the golf course pond will be located near the top of the hill and it is located near the west of the chiller plant. Moreover, the surface of the pond is elevated at the height of 2700 feet. Moreover, the discharge water involved in feeding the pond will be exactly horizontal and it is about one feet above the surface and allowing water to accelerate when it will leaves the pipe. On the other hand, a complete flapper style lid is installed at one end of the gold course on the end of the pipe and it is close it when no water is flowing. Any loss of water in the around the lid can be ignored.

Designing of thermal energy system for the golf course and research facility

For that case, there is need of a methodology that is consisted of linking the storage need of specific application and it is according to the thermal characteristics of the thermal energy system. For that case, the complete design process is divided into these steps.

The first step is related to the characterization of the thermal process, the second step is related to specification of the thermal energy system. The third step is related to the characterization of the TES technology and last step is related to the determination of the design of the whole system. All of these steps are completely interlinked with each other for ideal design of the system.

Step 1: characterization of the process

It can be noted that the thermal process is involved in managing series of renewable resources. For that design, water is considered as a renewable resource and there is need of proper system that will manage it and also complete the demand of the golf course irrigation system. Another thing is that there are some processes that are suitable for the system and also complete the demand of production. According to the given scenario of the problem, the chilling tower is located above the research facility. Due to this case, the temperature of cooling tower is considered as and on the other hand, research facility for the fishery tank temperature is considered as

Step 2 specification of the thermal energy system

In this step, there is complete information about the required specification for the design of thermal energy system.

The area is suitable for the required equipment is about  and its celling height is about 15 feet. The floor is made up of smooth concrete that contains suitable drainage. On the other hand, it first floor is set at the elevation of 2570 feet. Moreover, this area is located 62 feet west of the steam tunnel and also connected with the building. This pipe is coming down towards the height of 10 feet where it is turning 90% towards south and also leave the building drain towards outside. The operating speed of the pump is about 3600 rpm.

The next thing is that fishery drainage storage tank fishery wastewater will go towards the tank and then it will send to the drainage at the rate of 46 gpm. According to this case, the temperature of water in the fish tank is about 68 Fahrenheit. Now for the chilled water plant, there is requirement of area for the equipment is about and that contains a celling height of 15 feet. On the other hand, floor elevation is present at 2675 feet. Now the makeup water will enter in the space through the hole present in the floor at the northeast cooling tower. The dimension of cooling tower is about but the main thing is that in tower there is requirement if 33 gpm of water that will enter at the pressure of 35 psi during normal operation.

Step 3 characterization of the thermal energy system

It can be noted that in each technology there is complete information about the behaviour of the whole system. These technology will be applied according to the design parameters of the system. The first one is related to the direct contract TES system. It can be noted that these systems are exclusive of SHTES technologies. Now according to this case, the operation of the thermal energy system is given by this

According to this equation, the V is considered as the volume of the cylindrical tower. On the other hand, c is the storage capacity, is the cylindrical space of the towers, moreover, is considered as the temperature of the cooling tank. On the other hand, is the temperature of the research facility.

Now working for the capacity of water stored by the cooling tank and fishery tank. This can be done through the help of this formula

In the above equation,  is the correction factor of the storage tank and it must be greater than one. Moreover, m is considered as the mass of the material present in the tank.

Direct contact thermal energy system for cold water tank

It can be noted that fir the chilled water, there is need of cooling tank that are used for the industrial and domestic used. All of these system are present with the pair of outlet ad inlet connection and they will avoid the mixing of the materials. According to the given case, the required pressure for the cooling tank is about 35 psi when the water is entered the cooling tower. After the water is leaving the tower this pressure will become 5 psi. For the outer plate of the cooling tower there is need of straight forward calculation and it is demonstrated by

In the above equation,  is considered as the diffusivity of the material used for the construction of cooling tank. Moreover, it is the thickness of the storage medium used for the tank. On the other hand, the Biot number of the system is given by Bi. Now the Stephan numbers are explained

Now work for the number of parallel plates for the cooling tower. Through this it will be ensured that water will stored completely cold form before use. This can be explained through this equation

In the above equation, it is the main power exchange between the tower, t is the viscosity constant and h is considered as the height of the whole tower.

Step 4: determination of the TES design

In this step, there is complete information about the determination of the thermal energy system design.

This is showing that the cooling water is able to take the water pressure of about 35 psi and also when the water is moved through the tower its pressure will become 5 psi. According to the above design it is ensured that the cooling tower is able to tolerate such pressure of the water and also maintain cooling with perfection

Design of the research facility

According to this tower it can be noted that it can easily send water to the cooling tower. The temperature of this tower is maintained at 68 F. this is according to the design parameters.  

Design for the basement for the fishery research facility

This is the basement design of the whole area for the fishery research facility. The height of the tower is set for about 44 feet. This tower is at 62 feet far away from the working area. In the work area there is complete control of the system is present.

Area for chilled water plant of Thermal energy system project

According to the given design it can be noted that there will be four door are located in the plant. Due to these doors it will become easy to provide proper care for the plant. From the drawing it can be noted that there are about two cooling towers are present and they are located at the bottom right corner of the room. The work area is present just front of the towers.

Conclusion of Thermal energy system project

Summing up all the discussion from above, it is concluded that there is problem of water storage for the golf course and the city. In this report, there is complete designing of the research facility and chilled water plant for the golf course and city. Due to this it will become extremely simple to complete the demand of the water. A complete system will be designed in such a way that will bring water from the discharge chilled water storage tanks located near to research facility towards the golf course and also provide water to the cooling tower according to requirement.

Moreover, its drain is about 6 inches of the floor. Due to this, the research facility is only responsible for teeming the tank into fishery drainpipe. This tank can be placed anywhere in the whole designated space. According to this fact, the team will be connected from the drain on the tank to the golf course cooling tower.

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