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Committed to smart, sustainable technology.Committed to smart, sustainable technology.
Natural Gas Heat Pumps
Opportunities for teaching HVAC
concepts, theories & issues
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Committed to smart, sustainable technology.Committed to smart, sustainable technology.
Utilizing Innovative Gas Heat Pump Technology
to teach a broad range of material:
Heating and Cooling theory Source from Gas-drive Heat Pump Power of Sustainable Technology Site vs. Source Energy Concept
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Committed to smart, sustainable technology.Committed to smart, sustainable technology.
• Efficient heat pump cycle• Gas engine-driven prime
mover• State-of-the-art electronic
and controls• Multi-cycle integration • Heat recovery concepts• Variable speed• Heat Exchanger theory
– Fluid & Heat transfer– Coefficient efficiency
Gas Heat Pump (GHP)
Opportunities for Teaching ‘Theory & Principles’
GHP will tie into the District’s Telemetry System
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Committed to smart, sustainable technology.Committed to smart, sustainable technology.
• Compare the GHP & EHP energy consumption
• Understand the difference between the kW & kWh
• Analyze the kW, kWh and therm difference
• Understand the kW, kWh and therm cost difference
• What are the benefits to our local, regional and national power grid
Gas Heat Pump (GHP)
Opportunities for Comparative Learning
Supporting content for Labs and STEM education
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Committed to smart, sustainable technology.Committed to smart, sustainable technology.
• Efficiency experiments• Economic & cost modeling• System and Building
Integration Analysis• Model the efficiency of
capturing waste heat• Waste heat recovery • Explore comfort issues
related to a real classroom
Creating Great ‘Site vs Source’ Discussions
Gas Heat Pump (GHP)
Opportunities for Creating Experiments
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28%efficient
ELECTRIC – about 72% lost in generation and transmission
Case Study: Site versus Source
100%
92%efficient
NATURAL GAS – only 8% lost in distribution
100%
Bringing Policy and Social Debates to Schools
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Study Features, Benefits and Merits
Equipment Functionality
Environmental
Economics
Application Theory
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Question: Analyze water savings potential?
Answer: 3,060,000 gallons per year
Tempe Union’s Telemetry System creates relevance
IN THE NEAR FUTURE, TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS QUESTION
RELEVANT. . .Equivalent water savings to 204 McClintock size swimming pools
per year!
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Question: How would saving 109,627 lb of carbon impact us?
What other environmental savings?
removing 9 cars off the road10 acres of forest saved
116 Barrels of oil saved 17 tons of land fill removed
ANSWERS
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Why is the decibels important to learning?
GHP
Conventional
PGHP
GHP
Classroom noise
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Question: How does GHP help with renewables?
What else can we do with this technology?
Answer: The GHP runs on the same amount of energy
needed to power a hairdryer.
Not including Peak Demand loadConventional Air-conditioning