MOORE BUILDING
University Park, PA
Anthony Cillo | Mechanical
Adviser: Dr. Bahnfleth
Electrical Breadth
Acoustical Breadth
Moore Building is located on Penn State University’s campus. Therefore, it is connected to the campus chilled water and steam plants. The proposed mechanical depth for this building is to replace that with a dedicated heating and cooling plant. To gain a better understanding of system integration, the current electrical distribution system will be analyzed with the added loads created by the additional mechanical equipment.
The addition of a dedicated heating and cooling plant would entail that a chiller, cooling tower, boilers, and other mechanical equipment will be added. In order to understand the impact of the additional noise and vibration that is generated, the acoustical properties of the main mechanical room and the roof will be analyzed. If it is found that the existing acoustical properties are not sufficient for the additional noise, different techniques to mitigate sound will be considered.
Original Proposal
Revised Proposal
After reviewing all of the alternatives that were considered, the proposed redesign will be to implement a dedicated heating and cooling plant for Moore Building. The building is currently on Penn State’s central campus steam and chilled water systems. Designing a natural gas fired boiler and a chiller system would allow for a comparison of which system is more efficient based off a number of categories. These categories include; upfront costs, life-cycle costs, maintenance costs, water consumption, and energy efficiency. This add an educational value for both designing a heating and cooling plant and evaluating for the advantages and disadvantages of using a central plant.
Specifically, three alternatives for the heating plant will be considered; a natural gas fired condensing boiler vs. non-condensing boiler and an electric boiler. As for the cooling plant, three alternatives will also be considered; an air-cooled vs. water-cooled centrifugal chiller and a modular chiller.
Essentially, this “redesign” is more of an addition to the mechanical system of Moore Building. Therefore, this will be treated as a new design rather than a renovation. With this, temperatures and design flow requirements for the existing equipment may be adjusted based on the different types of heating and cooling plants.