一个2400吨小时（8450千瓦时）的冰蓄冷系统被设计并安装在北部伊利诺瓦医院，作为缓解现有冷却塔噪音问题的最佳和最具成本效益的方法，该问题曾受到诉讼威胁，并导致了严重的后果！埃利诺瓦环保局已提出投诉。在选择冰蓄冷方案之前，我们对缓解这一问题的多种替代方法进行了深入研究。利用一台385吨（1360千瓦）的螺杆压缩机和两个外部冰组以及一台微型计算机来实现一种创新的半自动控制方法。该系统于1984年5月建成并投入使用，自那时以来一直在运行，不仅解决了噪音问题，而且随着电价的上升，每年都能为医院节省越来越多的费用。 单位:双引文:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，1988年，第94卷，pt。德克萨斯州达拉斯1号

A 2400 ton-hour (8450-kWh) ice storage system was designed and instailed in a northern lllinois hospital as the best and most cost effective means of alleviating an existing cooling tower noise problem ever which litigation was threatened and an !llinois EPA complaint had been lodged. Selection of the ice storage option followed an intensive examination of numerous alternative methods to alleviate the problem. A 385-ton (1360-kW) screw compressor and twin outside ice banks were utilized as well a microcomputer to implement an innovative semiautomatic control methodology. The system was completed and came on line in May 1984 and has been in operation since, not only solving the noise problem but saving the hospital increasing amounts every year as electric rates rise.Units: Dual