1984年，随着世界大部分地区电力公司需求费用的急剧上升，以及一些非高峰商业能源费用差异变得有意义，用于负荷管理的蓄冷开始激增。盐水型冰蓄冷系统对许多工程师和公司都很有吸引力，因为它们结构紧凑，可与包括离心机在内的标准成套冷水机组一起使用，并且独特地适用于成本较低的部分蓄冷或需求限制系统。系统设计人员面临许多控制选择:运行策略，如部分或全部存储、需求有限存储、省煤器循环与。 冰，以及在储藏室之前、之后或旁边放置冷却器的示意图。制冷机优先权与冰优先权将在配套文件中讨论。使用实施该策略所需的现有控制装置，如时间控制装置、温度控制混合阀和四通旋转阀的类型。新的控制措施，例如通过控制制冷机运行来限制建筑需求的能力，一个用于稳定夜间制冷机运行的冰库存传感器，以及一个新的舒适性控制装置，该装置使室内温度产生偏差，以平衡较冷盘管引起的较低相对湿度。 给出了获得这些答案的方法，包括它们与特定设计工作的关系。对每种控制的需求及其对系统的重要性进行了全面描述。为了实现电力设施所需的负荷管理潜力，必须以新的方式控制数千兆瓦的空调。作者预计将立即实施一项计划，以提供由新的电价结构引起的市场需求推动的此类控制和控制策略。引文:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，1985年，第91卷，pt。1B芝加哥

Cooling storage for load management began to mushroom in 1984 as electric utility demand charges rose sharply in much of the world and some off-peak commercial energy charge differentials became meaningful.Brine-type ice storage systems are attractive to many engineers and companies since they are compact, may be used with standard package chillers including centrifugals, and are uniquely adaptable to lower cost partial storage or demand-limiting systems.System designers are faced with a number of control choices:Operating strategy, such as partial or full storage, demand limited storage, economizer cycle vs. ice, and schematic arrangements for locating chiller either before, after, or beside the storage. Chiller priority vs. ice priority will be dealt within a companion paper.Use of presently available controls needed to implement the strategy, such as the type of time-of-day controls, temperature controlled blending valves, and four-way rotary valves.New controls, such as the ability to limit building demand by controlling chiller operation, an ice inventory sensor to level out night chiller operation, and a new comfort control that biases indoor temperature to balance lower relative humidity caused by colder coils.Methods of arriving at these answers, including their relation to particular design jobs, are given. A full description of the need for each control and its importance to the system is covered.For thermal storage to achieve the load management potential needed by electric utili­ties, thousands of air-conditioning megawatts must be controlled in new ways. The author foresees an immediate program being undertaken to provide such control and control strategies prompted by market demand caused by new electric rate structures.