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User
Research Facilities
Cooling,
Heating, and Power (CHP) Integration Laboratory (pdf)
A
new $2.5-million facility for research, development, and
deployment of packaged, integrated CHP systems for buildings.
Building
Envelope Test Facilities
- Large-scale
climate simulator: controlled temperature, pressure, and humidity
for large test sections
- Rotatable
climate simulator: thermal performance of full-size wall,
fenestration, roof, and floor systems at angles from 0 to 180
degrees
- Roof
thermal research apparatus: effects of long-term exposure
of small, low-slope roof test sections to the East Tennessee climate
- Envelope
systems research apparatus: energy and moisture flow through
envelope test sections (walls and sloped and low-sloped roofs)
Heating
and Cooling Equipment Test Facilities
Include
adjoining environmental chambers, compressor calorimeters,
multipurpose vapor compression test loops, an air-to-refrigerant
heat exchanger test loop, absorption heat and mass transfer
rigs, and a corrosion test laboratory.
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