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ASHRAE TECHNOLOGY AWARD CASE STUDIES

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AHU-1 Thru
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Main Heating from Campus Heating
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Exchanger (Stage 3 Heat)

PHOTO 1 High bay structural testing lab.

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The hydronic heating system is specifically designed
to capture the buildings internal equipment heat gain,
as well as the central power plant's unlimited supply
of low-quality waste heat (90°F-100°F [32°C-38°C])
to preheat building intake air (up to 60,000 cfm
[102,000 m3/h]). As outside air temperature often dips
below -20°F (-29°C) in Fairbanks, Alaska, this low-quality energy source can be fully utilized as an outside air
preheat source.
Waste heat from the building's heat-producing equipment is removed either through the campus chilledwater system or the roof-mounted modular chiller
during the summer. During the heating season, this
waste heat is redirected to provide first-stage preheat
to the AHU preheat coils (essentially acting as dry coolers). Data rooms with recirculating fan-coil units, low/
ultra-low temperature walk-in freezers, cold rooms, and
larger lab testing equipment are all hydronically cooled,
contributing to this first-stage preheat source.
After all available first-stage heat has been used, and
if AHU preheat coil discharge temperature setpoint has
not been reached, central plant waste heat (90°F-100°F
[32°C-38°C]) is added as the second-stage preheat
coil heat source. Preheat coil area and fin spacing are

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optimized to pull as much waste heat as possible from
this "free," essentially unlimited, energy source.
When outside air temperature becomes too extreme,
central plant low-pressure steam (which is converted
to hydronic heat through a shell-and-tube heat
exchanger [50% EG]), is used as the third and final
heating source to meet preheat coil discharge temperature setpoint. This methodology minimizes the use


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