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1631-15 Air Conditioning RCr©1.D AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION NEWS. JANUARY 24, 19551 rhe MIA `MVI STORY: Details of $14,000,000 Fontainebleau Hotel's 1,050 Hp. Air Conditioning Sysl /� Furnishes Fascinating Chapter In Fabulous Tale of an American Dream Pla )•1 ,6 f ) s yy�t I--I ..T a '' ' a'•• The Miami vera,one of Amer- .5 ^ j`I. i S Icon "dream places" which a • k. �• sK —� nearly every American hopes to ti I ".t., .t y• ..411• ; �... - are at Itast note before he die., I d ��' ,``�, • • N � f, .. hits a sub-treplenl climate which ��» y.�••40"•-=•-•......------.--- �— �' '` '• Is part of its great attraction. -L^ 1. , I nr -an • M/ - > That same climate vivo makes t • ,u✓ IP i• -• the Miami arra one of the tin. '.•. 1 ' t • ,�' lion's greatest n erketa for air I •. d �� �'! �� ' conditioning eglpment.And de- �� s - .r - rl ' .' �, ' r`e-% _ -� •"` .elle the fart DIRE It la prlrnarllY pelt. 1 ".T i ��,' a vacation spot,It Is one of the -• e dV�••.:' if �• al •• _ 64' :v1 faded-groping sirens, popnla• - •„1•„, '' �' Ilon-piss,In the inure....entry. ,. • 1 Yam- �•�'.• - • 1. ,;'• t r•)• What's It like In do business 5',454••"' � .:•%-•-•—••,.......„. �-.•:.•:.r. .Itd'!i� +C • -tb • In the air conditioning and re• /i. �' �' ;;•. • a,A!f, •1. `'• k44.?• ° - frigeration field In that.-Niel of ' 1' 03 "• • C. '� the country,' A•lll•lant Editor / „\'' . ,, i L OST tu•urlous I SOIT IH THE WOltO I, a• ,Lein ter the now fa.Iel••br.eu hotel George M.thinning after opcod- , t ,- we.1 e...h. r.. Ib SId pent.. ha.t ,e..t•. IAS, hp- et •I. Nad111.. inc aeseral weeks in the gnaw .4....1 '�' arra, ha• written a series of SEVEN ISO HP.YORE COMPRESSORS.,he..b..9 I..Ieu.d In it..b.,.nenr hese,e• liy Crerr a M. ?tanning articles on verb,,.phases of the h•e,i at r.•t.tend:Conine.rat.. Son o.n.o.! L,p.np• Item .., sued Ie.to. R R r,, fr. i2 tl,tvlet•d lh.m9h • .tend OHO. he' ,seItee, MIAMI REACH. Fln.--helping leaving at 46• F. Water circulates business, /^ ',e brills.' new 614,000.000 Fon• .through the larger chiller at 1,641 These articles are not to he Alr to 0 orridnrs Is lir d the blower fon starts, a nob Ilnebleau hotel here live up to g.p.m. and the emnller at 1,239 viewed Re It emnprehen•Ive sur- tt t two 52.7-ton "Recoil" air valve passes air to the en boast of being the moot g.p.m. "Freon-I2" is the refriger- vs''of the market or a speeifle .nditinning units installed In system. When the fan stops. rxurinus resort In the world In n ant. "who sold what,"hut rather a• nthnusc rooms nn the roof,one controls become Inoperative. ,O,50-hp. York air conditioning For cooling, the chilled water a report that will give readers a a ach end of the building. I For cooling, a cumulnlnr velem geared to provide tempera- hermostat varies its branch air "feel" of how business Is done terms shafts down the of lions a three-way air valve on sires controlled to within a frac• pressure to etnrt the compressors M the Metal area. the struc a proper the dewpolnt thermostat morin 'nn of a dcgiee. In sequence to maintain the net Air enndl0nning of the big amount of air to each floor cord- the three-way mixing valve The system, which is based on chilled water temperature. A sole- resort hotels ha.keen a big part dor. trolling the chilled water flow -von 180-hp. York motel V/W noid valve provides power failure of the volume• end this arlitle The units in the guest roams are return air thermostat or Hnprcesors.contains a number of protection and nn adjustable poen- describes the Installation for the thermostatically controlled so that thermostat modulates the n •atures that are as extraordinary matte time delay control provides newest and biggest of these the guests can adjust for any tem- valve to maintain proper tem• s the ultra•glamorous building it a time delay between the starting holds — the Fontainebleau perature they desire. On these tures. epees. of compressor.after a power fail- „eh was feature le the Jan, unite,the room thermostats modu- For heating, the cumulnto' The Fontainebleau.which opened ore or equipment shutdown.Assail. 17 issue of"Life"magazlnc). late the water valve to maintain hnusts branch pressure to I gain fashion on Dec. la. is a Ivry switches are provided to an even room temperature sum- three-way air valve no that it I.story nrc-ehnped structure lo• change the compressor sequence, horizontally mounted In a furred-In mer an. ntcr. e. •.er turn air thermostat or room sled on the old Firestone estate These controls are Inoperative ceiling over the room entrance fan . off, . enoid air va ' mnstst modulates the three on the heating cycle. ways.I Collins and 44th St. here. TheIK yes the water valve. .ixlgw valve controlling ih. s ,stet is decorated nod furnishedor cooling the public spaces,20 v ter flow and steam valve t.. nfirely In French Provincial style, Another unusual feature, Sc.• Air Drawn from Corridors 'thee Retold air conditioning anile , be heat as required. ' a+nlntns 550 guest rooms and cording to R.S.Lafferty,fill!York Aids In Hurricane S • eason a employed. These are installed Installation of the air eonrli vice President, who sold the job, n vnrimrs Ineatlnnn about the in system (oak six month, is 250 cnhnnnn' is that pre-cooled and filtered By drawing fresh filr from the hula ase In the spat • ports Lyle CnlMnbnner, cone Designed by Maurice Lapidus, 100% fresh air Is supplied to the corridor rather than the outside, are to air cls tion suPerinte 1enlu for York a I tater grounds contain a Put• corridors of guest room floors.The all outside fresh air openings ore !.argent of these Is a I IR.4-ton and was finished nearly two,• ng green, tennis court e, Inn.'- fresh air is then transferred eliminated, an advantage during unit for cooling the ballroom.Next ahead of the contract dem al.ed gnrdene, and two swim.II through aluminum or stainless the Florida hurricane season, In f Is n cooling 100.ton unit to . cent attend •�.•o (tone.'she troth I •••,x pools-one shalxsl ilk" a steel grilles to Individual unite L.nfferty pointed but. .'beton the supper club. the job incl oiled,he noted.Al Men a for children. Other units Include 0.2 tons for periods there were 30 refs WI The Fonlal • main in- t l� - (� I r5 t r the employes cafeteria. 43.5 tons men end 20 sheet metal me. minion 17.000 sq.ft.of space,In- ^'` I i' r't_:` �''i for the coffee shop, 15.2 tons for signed(n the work. hiding a main dining room sent- r ' og son Persons banquet style.The _ ` n 71,7r7., the east side stores, 20.1 tons for he pointed out that all :land ballroom will hold 1.250 • 1 u4 11 All CONDITIONERS the west side stores,23.0 tons for metal work was fabricated rig •vests, while the "Le Ronde" •�� ...;,....4, ,eh .. mi, a.. the club room, 12.7 tons for the the site roller than in the ui E•µ,•.I ' . I" nese.' fA, I tis• beauty shop, 20.1 tons for the to seed operations. This i• ,fight club will nrrolevels.. a a It b.ndl.a,d,e.lp In L.''. basement cocktail lounge,25.6 tons P I •ersone on its three levels..There I' R first lime that York Bill has b.a enfold• sir, an•dee end nn't a post in the howl-shaped l, 4. r...�� ,seine n, end dtaatb.i. for the private dining room, 72.R this,he noted. tight club, where the dance floor ' t- I fag • I toy a le it..wee,le be tons for the main dining room, J.C. Bates, air condllIonin an be raised and lowered hy -!i .1r none/Welled The aeon 10.8 tons for the TV and writing gineer for the Fontainebleau' bnullenlly. { C Se a rv' ton Ti used I., ,shot room, 21 tons for the lobby cock• has a staff of eight men to The air rrmAltloning system will - .,,' , '...•• i 0.1, sr ...Net h.nidnr. bill lounge, 22 boon for the gen- ate. the equipment on n 21 •I vduet` 1100 tons of refrigeration ''!:Kl '1 tyl,. •' r,' ''•0 ' ern! office. reception lobby, and basis. mel has a connected load of 1.173 • , r••.•,,.,',. • PBX room,56.2 tons for the main In addition to the sir ennd ons, nrcording to Louts IL,Stoll. .'-.,. t.' i••. lobby,21.5 tons for the cord room Ing system.11111 York also in, idef engineer for 11111 York Corp. S i ' and private dining room, and 4.86 all remote refrigernl(nn equil 'till York designed, sold, and In- •- ;, tons each for four penthouse for the luxury resort. Thi stalled the b. _ ty 'r' ',•I suites, eluded compressors tolnilisr Of the connected load,761 tons ,.I r: ;t.ki"Is if A feature of nil the air condi• hp., 10 walk-in coolers fou lined to cool public places and I y.'. tinning unite In(hut they are filled preservnlion, and cube and 112 tons is disseminated through ® i / with sep"n.•, steum coils for re- Ice makers with a totnl doll ;63 lldividual room units of apt }�( heat purr.s.••e.Th:steam toils are pacify of 15,500 lbs.of lee. "+roximntely ni•ton capacity each I l'i``t used only fol humidity control and Six of the tubers are local n the guest rooms. •iy� humidbtntu. building'are Rove•ped automaticr'ly by various spots throughout as needed,while two bah Water Wells Used CUM 000M UNITS e,• For tho.-brief periods of night ones pleduring finke and cul For Condensing Weller hidden above Me en. . • --- and early inning on oce•tsional are installed In a special Ice Lon<•.er le The winter days •.hen beating is called ing room in the basement.Th Edmund Feltz, etanl engi• end ave. en rat. fresh -1 for rather t an cooling, the some chines are set up so that they seer on the job, pointed out that et. Len IA• louver rdirectly into a hl ICC storage me of the tmume! features of the ,nth•' '1.eo .'Levy Lem water that Is used for chilling is g R Fontainebleau nests..Is Its use of rise suit.'•, r.e'no rte I `" h used for h, log. The only differ- on the lower lobby level. 117-ft. deep salt water wells for •" ,ondtaen.,. ..poly I'. I erten is the is in rut themes the not iftznl nidht that 1`11 Mo,i ceodlitan.d t. h. fu.• meant heat exchange hefnr plum- •mldensin water. I •1.''- ({ - Tle nag water In ennllnuously has.er.', rt i log throng the coollog coil.. supplthemied the refrigen,lion mortised through two large marine !!� / •��- f • The cont I system 'or ling type condensers flowing at the rate .•n . .- ' and heaths!, "'corks this.way.When .f 1.004 g.lum. throng's one con. • . •tenser and 626 g.p.m. through the "!her.One of the three-pass,shell And tube type condensers is 23 In. • I Reprints. ' permisr•:on c,: in • '.diameter nod Ilse other In 30 in. II 1 Roth arc 12 ft.long.Both use 16- "At• Conditioniob & Refriroorattc• News Range arsenical brass, admiralty f"' . . petal tubes. / The larger In equipped with a • y - I a :Milo. pump and the smaller with ' e ,.po •r'�pe •�r,•- ,.bale For curt) information A 25-hp. um The larger Is corn• ' " rt tookINO UP T1410110N �. pimp. R 'Y w?"y :Hr noun ceiling, ren bitted with4(1-1 four of the compressors t J fftl.;:ir t:, .•ld .er Ii....u, 3ECOLD Al!' C .DITI011I11? Eel! I" ruul a 40•In.by 12•ft.water chiller tar ns. The welor meld, • r tooling w o into one system, The smaller Is `i fjl,•a•l s, ar t •��s•te. t Ills I -rite t0 . . honked up with the other three ) "•` • ,t st, _. up,.a.. Is a Imp w.. RafrigoT •t At Engineer tor., Inc. compressors and a 36•in,by 12-ft. Tea. .eve her.* abet chiller into a second syelem. yf.i•.,rapacity.nth. Salt water enters the condense ' I 7450 East ..1auson Avenue, Los Anraloa 22, Calif.— . 4.14:d 7R' F.and lessen at t13" F. I•'rrsh water is lined in the water ,hillern, entering at 54' F. and - I .r I I I re I