ASHRAE Book 20thCenturyAirConditioning 2021
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20th Century Air Conditioning
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
ASHRAE | 2021 | 200 |
Air Conditioning Transformed the 20th Century Air conditioning for comfort in buildings developed rapidly over the 20th century. From the earliest approaches of blowing air through cheesecloth filters and over blocks of ice, through the movie theatre boom of the 1920s that spurred advancement in ventilation technologies, to the sophisticated mechanical refrigeration systems of the mid and late century, air conditioning has driven change in many of the world
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8 | Contents |
16 | Chapter 01 Alfred R. Wolff Figure 1.1 Alfred Wolff2 |
17 | Figure 1.2 Marine cutter Richard Rush6 Carnegie Hall |
18 | Figure 1.4 Artistās impression of the New Music Hall12 |
19 | Figure 1.5 Annotated Contemporary Drawing of Carnegie Hallās Heating and Ventilating Plant15 Figure 1.6 Ice Rack at Bottom of Air Inlet Shaft18 |
20 | The Lenox Lyceum Theatre The American Theatre in New York |
21 | Figure 1.8 Sturtevant Cone Wheel Fan26 |
22 | Figure 1.11 Knowles Mushroom Air Diffuser circa 1890 |
23 | Tall Buildings Cornell Medical College |
24 | Figure 1.13 Attic Plant Room |
25 | Figure 1.16 Pontifex-Hendrick Advertisement, 189941 Hanover National Bank |
26 | Figure 1.18 Hanover National Bank44 |
27 | Figure 1.21 New York Stock Exchange Building, 190350 The New York Stock Exchange |
29 | Figure 1.22 Henry Torrance, Jr.60 Heating, Ventilating, and Cooling the Board Room of the New York Stock Exchange |
30 | Figure 1.23 New York Stock Exchange Basement Heating, Cooling, and Ventilation Plant Room64 |
31 | Figure 1.24 the New York Stock Exchange68 |
32 | The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition |
33 | Figure 1.25 Board Room Gallery Glazing72 |
34 | Figure 1.28 The Missouri Building82 |
36 | Chapter 02 City PollutionāThe Impetus for Cleaning Air |
37 | Air Washer Inventions Figure 2.1 Zellweger Combined Fan and Air Washer12 |
38 | Figure 2.3 Acme Air Washer Patent Diagram14 |
39 | Willis H. Carrier Figure 2.5 Advertisement for Walter Timmis, New York Times (1908)19 Figure 2.6 Sackett & Wilhelms Lithographic Printing Factory (1903)20 |
40 | Figure 2.7 Willis Carrier (Cornell Year Book 1901)24 |
42 | Figure 2.8 Front Page, Heating and Ventilation, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1904)36 |
43 | Figure 2.9 Carrier Air Washer, Diagram from Patent Application, 190438 |
45 | Figure 2.12 Carrier Differential Thermostat51 Air Conditioningā Stuart W. Cramer |
46 | Figure 2.14 Stuart W. Cramer56 Figure 2.15 Cramerās Humidifier in a Spinning Room60 |
47 | Figure 2.16 A Silk Mill Installation from Carrierās 1908 Air Conditioning Brochure63 Courtesy Carrier Corporation |
48 | Chapter 03 The Larkin Administrative Building |
49 | Figure 3.1 One of the Four āAir Purifying and Cooling Devicesā9 Courtesy Jack Quinan |
50 | Figure 3.2 Kroeschell Advertisement, Ice and Refrigeration, June 189911 |
51 | Figure 3.3 Layout of Plant and Ducts in Basement12 Courtesy Jack Quinan |
52 | Rapid Adoption of Air WashersāTheatres |
53 | Figure 3.4 McCreery Air Washer25 |
54 | Figure 3.6 An Example of the Amount of Dirt Caught by an Air Washer29 Air Washers for Comfort Cooling |
55 | Figure 3.7 Webster Air Washer37 |
56 | Figure 3.10 Braemerās hygrometric chart40 Air Washers and Surface Coolingā Fred Wittenmeier |
57 | The Congress Hotel, Chicago Figure 3.11 Gold Room, Congress Hotel |
58 | Figure 3.12 Ground Floor Plan, Congress Hotel47 |
59 | Figure 3.13 Congress Hotel Cooling Plant, Pompeian Room53 The Blackstone Hotel, Chicago |
60 | Figure 3.14 CO2 Compressors, Blackstone Hotel62 The Science of Air Washers and Humidity Control |
61 | The Vento Heating Coil |
62 | Figure 3.16 Otto Armspach81 Otto Armspach |
63 | Carrier Engineering Corporation The ASHVE Research Facility |
64 | Figure 3.17 Hillās Synthetic Chart83 |
66 | Chapter 04 Nickelodeons and Silent Movies Figure 4.1 Grand Moving Picture Theatre Explosion |
67 | Nickelodeons and Health Figure 4.2 San Francisco Call Article on Ventilation Requirements in Nickelodeons6 |
69 | Figure 4.4 Castle Theatreās āSuperior Ventilationā The Roaring 20sā Mechanical Cooling in Theatres Fred WittenmeierāCooling Chicagoās Movie Theatres |
70 | Figure 4.6 Riviera Advertisement Promoting āAir Refrigerationā22 |
71 | Figure 4.8 Wittenmeier Advertisement (1920)27 |
72 | Figure 4.9 Wittenmeierās Temperature Measurements at the Riviera Theatre31 Tivoli Theatre, Chicago |
73 | Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, MN Figure 4.10 Artistās Impression of the New Theatre in Minneapolis (1921) |
74 | Downflow Heating, Cooling, and Ventilating Systems Figure 4.13 Section through Graumanās Metropolitan Theatre Roof Showing Heating and Cooling Plant44 |
75 | McVickers Theatre, Chicago Figure 4.14 Advertisement of the McVickers Theatre 48 |
76 | The Science of Comfort Figure 4.15 A Representative Group of the 130 Observers from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, 192250 |
77 | Figure 4.16 Sample Results to Determine Equivalent Comfort Conditions51 Figure 4.17 Comfort Zone (Humans at Rest)53 |
78 | Carrierās Centrifugal Refrigeration Machine |
79 | Figure 4.18 Taylor Separation Chamber62 Lewis and the Energy Saving Bypass Method |
80 | Figure 4.20 Three Carrier 75-ton Units at the Stephen F. Whitman and Sonsā Philadelphia Candy Plant65 |
81 | Figure 4.22 Evolution of Lewisās Bypass System |
82 | Exporting Air Conditioning Figure 4.23 Carrier Centrifugal Machine, Carlton Theatre, 1927 Courtesy CIBSE Heritage Group BBC Broadcasting House |
83 | Figure 4.24 Carrier Centrifugal Chiller (200 ton) at the BBC Broadcasting House76 Courtesy Carrier Corporation 1929 Sydney State Theatre |
84 | Figure 4.25 Sydney State Theatre, Original Refrigeration Machine Courtesy John Gibson |
85 | Figure 4.26 State Theatre Refrigeration Machine Nameplate Courtesy John Gibson |
86 | Chapter 05 The New Madison Square Garden, New York |
87 | Air-Conditioning Multistory Buildings Figure 5.1 Madison Square Garden, 1925 Courtesy Carrier Corporation |
88 | The Milam Building, San Antonio Figure 5.2 Milam Building, October 192713 |
89 | Figure 5.3 Milam Building Typical Upper Floor Plan14 |
90 | Figure 5.4 Milam Building Original Glazed Office Door with Exhaust Louver17 |
91 | Union Trust Building, Detroit Figure 5.6 Cross section of Union Trust Building20 Figure 5.7 Ceiling Duct Layout for Typical Union Trust Office Floor21 |
92 | Figure 5.8 Holes in Beams for Ducts22 Figure 5.9 Plan of Union Trust Floor Air-Conditioning Unit24 |
93 | Le Corbusierās Alternative Method of Air Conditioning: Lāaire Ponctuel |
94 | The PSFS Building, Philadelphia |
95 | Figure 5.10 PSFS Building in 1997 |
96 | Figure 5.12 Corridor Return Air Duct, Louver to Fan Room on Right Rockefeller Center, New York |
98 | Figure 5.14 Diagrammatic Section of Air-Conditioning System A in the Music Hall45 |
99 | Figure 5.15 Proposed Ground Plan of Rockefeller Center, 193451 |
100 | Figure 5.16 Wallingford Steel Co. Office Building, 193462 Windowless Buildings and Air Conditioning (1934ā1939) |
101 | The Hershey Office Building |
102 | Figure 5.17 Hershey Building Electric Weather Man69 Windowless Buildings with Glass Block Walls |
103 | Figure 5.18 Detroit Edison Company Service Building72 Johnsonās Wax Administration Building |
104 | Figure 5.20 Air Washer Plant Beneath ānostrilsā80 |
106 | Figure 5.21 Buried Heating Pipes83 |
107 | Figure 5.22 Private office in Johnsonās Wax Building Figure 5.23 Johnsonās Wax Great Work Room |
108 | Chapter 06 The Advent of Fan-Coil Unit Room Coolers and Air Conditioners Figure 6.1 Kramer Room-Cooling Apparatus |
109 | Figure 6.2 Schutz Cooling Device The āSplitā Air Conditioner Fan-Coil Units |
110 | Figure 6.4 Neiman Marcus Unit Coolers12 Chicago Heat Waves and Unit Air Conditioners The Tribune Tower |
111 | Figure 6.5 Tribune Building in 201919 |
112 | Figure 6.6 New Room Unit Ready to Be Placed in Position of the Original Steam Radiator32 |
113 | Figure 6.7 Westinghouse Room Unit Chassis35 Steam-Jet Refrigeration |
114 | Figure 6.9 Steam-Jet Refrigeration Principle The First āFully Air-Conditioned Hotelā |
115 | Figure 6.10 Steam Jet Venturis Being Delivered to the Tribune Tower39 Galsonās De La Vergne Heat-Pump Unit Conditioner |
116 | Figure 6.11 Galsonās De La Vergne Heat-Pump Unit Conditioner |
117 | Carrier Joins the Trend Home Air Conditioners Induction Unit Systems |
118 | Figure 6.14 Carrier Low-Velocity Weathermaster Unit65 |
119 | Air-Conditioning The Pentagon Figure 6.15 Office in Pentagon with Weathermaster Unit (circled)71 High-Velocity Induction Units |
120 | Figure 6.16 Conduit Weathermaster Induction Unit74 Courtesy Carrier Corporation Figure 6.18 Statler Hotel Primary Air-Handling Plant77 |
122 | Chapter 07 Belluschiās Design Study for an Office Building in 194X |
123 | The Equitable Building, Portland J. Donald KroekerāEngineer |
124 | Figure 7.1 The Equitable BuildingāGlazed FaƧade Mechanical Systems |
125 | Figure 7.3 Typical Floor Mechanical Plant in the Equitable Building Figure 7.4 Mechanical Room, Trane Advertisement, 194821 |
126 | Figure 7.6 Air-Cooled Refrigeration Machines (on Roof) that Replaced the Equitableās Heat Pump Cooling in 1999 |
127 | Double Duct (Multizone Air Conditioning) Figure 7.7 Prudential Building, Los Angeles, 195028 High-Velocity Induction Unit Air Conditioning |
128 | United Nations Secretariat Building, New York Figure 7.8 United Nations Secretariat Building, New York36 |
129 | Lever House, New York |
130 | Figure 7.9 Lever House, New York Radiant Heating and Cooling |
131 | Figure 7.11 All-aluminum ALCOA Building, Pittsburgh46 Manufacturers Life Building, Toronto |
132 | Figure 7.12 1935 Advertisement for Air Conditioning with Panel Heating And Cooling49 Shell Centre, London Figure 7.13 Extruded Aluminum Ceiling Panels Including Light Troffer53 |
133 | Prudential Building, Chicago Dual-Duct High-Velocity Air Conditioning |
134 | Figure 7.14 Inland Steel Building (Far Right) with Service Tower (Center) Inland Steel Building, Chicago |
135 | Figure 7.16 Supply Fan in Inland Steel Building Basement Air Conditioning Older Buildings New York Life Building, New York |
136 | Figure 7.18 Inland Steel Building Original Chiller, Operational in 2001 Empire State Building, New York High-Velocity Air Conditioning in Europe Pirelli Tower, Milan |
137 | Figure 7.19 Advertisement for Marlo Central Station Air-Conditioning Units69 Figure 7.20 Typical Floor Plan Showing Ductwork in Pirelli Tower71 |
138 | Exporting the Curtain Wall Style Figure 7.20 Pirelli Tower, Milan72 |
140 | Chapter 08 Rinascente Department Store, Rome Figure 8.1 Partial Above-Ceiling Plan Showing Rinascente Dual-duct Air Conditioning |
141 | Air-Conditioned Buildings in the United Kingdom UK Atomic Energy Authority Building, London |
142 | CIS Building, Manchester Figure 8.2 CIS Building Open Plan Office, 2001 |
143 | Figure 8.3 Weathermaster Induction Unit, Outlet Grille Removed |
144 | Figure 8.9 Svenska FlƤktfabriken Induction Unit with Access Panel Removed Millbank Tower, London Robinson Building, Bristol |
145 | Figure 8.11 UniTrane Induction Patent Diagram16 Variable Air Volume (VAV) |
146 | Figure 8.13 Cross-Section Diagram of Moduline Unit 37A19 Courtesy Carrier Corporation |
147 | Perimeter VAV, Toronto Figure 8.14 Shuperās Perimeter VAV Terminal22 Induction Unit Air Conditioning |
148 | Figure 8.15 Richard J. Daley Center The All-Electric Skyscraper The John Hancock Center |
149 | Figure 8.17 Original York Chiller at Richard J. Daley Center, 2001 VAV Exported |
150 | Figure 8.19 John Hancock Center, Chicago |
151 | Figure 8.21 John Hancock Center 1620 kW Electrode Boilers Figure 8.22 IBM Office Building, Greenock, Scotland, VAV System Schematic30 |
152 | Chapter 09 The 1973 Oil Crisis and Energy Conservation |
153 | Thermal Energy Storage Ice Thermal Energy Storage |
154 | Figure 9.1 Ice Accumulator Evaporator, Ice Store, 193912 Phase-Change Thermal Energy Storage The Attractions of Off-Peak Electricity Rates |
155 | Figure 9.2 Exploded View, CALMAC Ice Bank17 |
156 | State of Illinois Center Figure 9.4 State of Illinois Center |
157 | Lake and Aquifer Thermal Storage Figure 9.5 Lake Thermal Storage, HFC Trust Building, 1988 |
158 | Figure 9.6 HFC Trust Thermal Flywheel Circuit Diagram24 Encapsulated Ice Storage Figure 9.7 Cristopia Ice Balls |
159 | Figure 9.8 Encapsulated Ice Tanks Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) The Scroll Compressor VRF Systems |
160 | Figure 9.10 Youngās Diagram Showing Compression in Scroll Compressors Figure 9.11 Three-Pipe VRF System32 |
161 | Figure 9.12 Outdoor VRF Units Building Mass Thermal Storage Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage |
162 | Figure 9.14 Gateway 2, The Atrium Figure 9.15 Gateway 2: Predicted Airflow Patterns, Summer and Winter |
163 | Figure 9.16 SAS Headquartersā Indoor Street Chilled Beams |
164 | Chapter 10 Green Buildings Environmental Assessment Methods |
165 | Figure 10.1 Cover of First BREEAM Environmental Assessment Guide Low-Energy CoolingāDemonstration Projects |
166 | Figure 10.2 Dow Chemical Europe Headquarters in Horgen, Switzerland, 1991 Mixed Mode |
167 | Figure 10.5 Photovoltaic Panels, Dow Chemical Europe Headquarters |
168 | Figure 10.6 Mixed-Mode Concept, Barclaycard headquarters18 Prototype Low-Energy Buildings versus Commercial Realty |
169 | Figure 10.8 Automatic Roof Vents, Barclaycard Headquarters 2020 Commerzbank Tower |
170 | Figure 10.10 Chiller Energy Efficiency Improvement, 1970 to 201024 |
171 | Figure 10.12 Woolworth Building, Built 1914 |
172 | References |
194 | Index |