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existing direct buried chilled water taps from Chiller Plant 6 just north of
Green Center Chiller Plant 7 at the corner of 16th Street and Arapahoe
Street would also need to travel west along 16th Street and tie into the
Alderson Hall. This section of new piping is all anticipated to be direct
Additionally, in order to make a loop, the chilled water piping from the
buried above the tunnel network. It is anticipated that prior to looping an additional chiller plant located within the Research Park neighborhood will be provided to provide redundancy and/ or additional future capacity within the system. This plant is anticipated to be a back-up plant only as a part of this master plan. Once Chiller Plant 6 and Chiller Plant 7 are looped and all anticipated buildings are brought online, Ch
maintain minimum chilled water flows until more buildings were connected to
the system. However, it is believed that enough buildings, load, and diversity
necessary. SBEC has not further evaluated these control deficiencies or the
previously recommended corrective measures as a part of this master plan
are currently connected to Chiller Plant 6 that the bypasses are no longer
the bypass loops in the system will help the plant operate at the desired
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temperature differential. The bypasses were originally designed to help
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directions and pipe sizes, and analyze the overall distribution. Additionally, specific control strategies would need to be applied such that both plants accommodate the anticipated load of the Research Park neighborhood. New 14” chilled water pipes from the Green Center Chiller Plant 7 would need to route south through the proposed Art Center parking structure to 16th Street. From here, the pipes are anticipa
modeling, and plant surveys to confirm diversity, appropriately plan fl If these measures were correctly implemented, the two plants could Below is a description of the proposed pipe size and distribution.
operate together as one system. just south of the Frontiers Building.
report.