EXPERIMENTAL SNOW PLENUM AIR COOLING SYSTEM FOR BYRD STATION, ANTARCTICA.

Since mechanical refrigeration is beyond economic consideration, tunnel cooling systems for Byrd Station, Antarctica, are dependent on the utilization of the immense heat sink represented by the snowfield on which the camp is built. A system has been proposed which would draw surface air through por...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffman,C. R.
Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Air Condition
Heating
Lighting & Ventilating
Structural Engineering and Building Technology
*UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES
*SNOW
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
COOLING
VENTILATION
AIR
PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
CONSTRUCTION
HEAT
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
CONVECTION(ATMOSPHERIC)
POLAR REGIONS
BYRD STATION(ANTARCTICA)
UNDERSNOW CAMPS
Antarctic
Byrd
Byrd Station
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0684417
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0684417
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Summary:Since mechanical refrigeration is beyond economic consideration, tunnel cooling systems for Byrd Station, Antarctica, are dependent on the utilization of the immense heat sink represented by the snowfield on which the camp is built. A system has been proposed which would draw surface air through porous cold snow into an undersnow plenum and deliver the cooled air to inhabited tunnels. (Author)

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