Aggreko Provides Cool Solution to Notre Dame's Heated Situation.SOUTH BEND South Bend, city (1990 pop. 105,511), seat of St. Joseph co., N Ind., on the great south bend of the St. Joseph River, in a farming and mint-growing region; inc. as a city 1865. , Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 1999-- When the University of Notre Dame's 9 cell cooling tower caught fire destroying 6 cells, university officials were faced with an emergency situation. Unclear of exactly how the situation would be remedied a multitude of options were being pursued when, Aggreko, a leading supplier of temporary utility rental services, approached university officials. After consideration by pertinent PERTINENT, evidence. Those facts which tend to prove the allegations of the party offering them, are called pertinent; those which have no such tendency are called impertinent, 8 Toull. n. 22. By pertinent is also meant that which belongs. Willes, 319. university staff members, it was decided that the Aggreko Industrial Cooling Tower Center was capable of providing the total solution needed. The modular smarTower cooling towers supplied by Aggreko, provided a 10,000 ton cooling solution that was installed within the boundaries of the same footprint of the original permanent system with no need for additional chillers or generators. "Our most valuable asset was our ability to provide a single source solution to their cooling needs," stated Billy Childers, Aggreko Industrial Cooling Tower National Manager. "The customer was initially considering possible solutions that included cooling towers, chillers and generators that were to be placed in different areas to simply reduce the load. We were able to step in with 10 1,000 ton cooling tower units and solve the problem within the space constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. of the customer's original system." The temporary cooling system cooling system: see air conditioning; internal-combustion engine; refrigeration. cooling system Apparatus used to keep the temperature of a structure or device from exceeding limits imposed by needs of safety and efficiency. was connected to the initial connect system using a unique modular piping system. Aggreko, utilizing 3 480V electrical distribution panels also provided the electrical distribution needed for the temporary cooling tower system The primary use of large, industrial cooling tower systems is to remove the heat absorbed in the circulating cooling water systems used in power plants, petroleum refineries, petrochemical and chemical plants, natural gas processing plants and other industrial facilities. . "When Aggreko's solution was presented to us on paper we thought it sounded great but feared that something would go wrong," commented Doug Marsh Doug Marsh (born June 18, 1958 in Akron, Ohio) is a former professional American football player who played tight end for seven seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals. , Director of Facility Engineering for the University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame . "Much to our surprise and extreme satisfaction, thus far the installation and operation of the temporary system has gone as smoothly as proposed." The University of Notre Dame will keep the temporary modular cooling tower system in place for six months while the original cooling system is replaced. The smarTower line of modular cooling towers is available only through the Aggreko Industrial Cooling Tower Center. More information is available at www.aggreko.com. |
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