EXPERIMENTAL SNOW PLENUM AIR COOLING SYSTEM FOR BYRD STATION, ANTARCTICA.

Abstract

Since mechanical refrigeration is beyond economic consideration, tunnel cooling systems for Byrd Station, Antarctica, are dependent on the utilization of the immense heat sink represented by the snowfield on which the camp is built. A system has been proposed which would draw surface air through porous cold snow into an undersnow plenum and deliver the cooled air to inhabited tunnels. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0684417

Entities

People

  • C. R. Hoffman

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antarctica
  • Atmospheric Precipitation
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Continents
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Geographic Regions
  • Heat Sinks
  • Hydrometeors
  • Snow
  • Snowfields

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies