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Re: Cooling a house with ice



Paul Bixel <bixelps@mhsgate.salem.ge.com> wrote:
 
>  I picture a hocky rink.  It would be interesting to investigate the
>type of equipment used to run those things.  It would be much
>larger than you need of course in BTU/hour but the principle
>applies.  The phase change of water seems important in your
>calculations.  You must make ice for it to work.

It works a lot better that way, but I was thinking of natural ice, not
heat pump ice...

>  I know of such an installation as you descibe.  This guy had a heat 
>pump and a large in-ground vat lined with plastic topped with an 
>insulated shed.  The coils of his heat pump we supposed to freeze the ice 
>in winter and melt it in summer.

Sounds interesting. Now, could one do that in reverse, using winter ice and 
summer heat to power a Stirling engine, with a cycle time of one year? Or
a high thermal mass sunspace with a cycle time of one day?

Nick


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