Causes of costly maintenance problems associated with a high-population shipboard air conditioning plant were identified in the laboratory. Solutions, including a new capacity control system were developed and demonstrated on two ships. The improvement package can be backfitted for a fraction of the cost to replace the malfunctioning units.


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    Title :

    Shipboard 80-Ton Reciprocating Compressor Air Conditioning Plant Improvement


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Marine Rail Propulsion Technology Conference ; 1987



    Publication date :

    1987-07-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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