UNCLASSIFIED Results of Cooperative Thermal Energy Storage Project at Sierra Army Depot Project Partners: Energy Huntsville Jennifer Morgan, AMC 18 August 2015 Bill Pannell, AMRDEC Alton Reich, Streamline Automation, LLC Charles King, TriVector Services, Inc UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Today’s Objectives ! Energy Huntsville – It Works! ! Keys to Working with your Government Partners at Army Materiel Command ! Energy Savings Results of Thermal Energy Storage Pilot at Sierra Army Depot 2 UNCLASSIFIED
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UNCLASSIFIED This is Your Brain on … ? Energy Huntsville! 6 UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Energy Huntsville Audience Before … … After 7 UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Energy Huntsville Why are we excited to be here today? (Choose the BEST answer.) Because it’s 27° cooler than it is in Phoenix Because hanging out with people from NASA is cool To learn something new Educate To meet people who can propel my company’s mission forward Evaluate Engage Enable 8 UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Keys to Working with AMC Must Have: • Persistence • Perseverance Understanding AMC & How Your Products/Services Fit in: • Installation mission • AMC culture • Installation energy requirements 9 UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Persistence Which Picture Best Describes the Speed of Government? 29 August 2012 10 UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED What is AMC? 11 UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Getting to Know AMC Which one does NOT belong to AMC? Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point Aviation Missile Research Development & Engineering Center (AMRDEC) Redstone Arsenal Joint Manufacturing & Technology Center at Rock Island Arsenal How much energy did AMC use in FY14? 18% of All Army Installation Energy 13 Billion Btu Enough to power 1,000 homes year-round $254M Equipment Storage at Sierra Army Depot 12 UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED AMC Energy Savings Mindset However … It’s Easy Being Green 13 UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED AMC Overview 23 military installations in the United States 64,000 people employed world-wide 14 UNCLASSIFIED
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UNCLASSIFIED AMC Installations AAP ! =$Army$Ammuni+on$Plant ! Crane AAA Letterkenny AD AD$ ! =$Army$Depot ! Joint Systems • Produce Navy Items Tactical Missile Ars$ ! Manufacturing Cntr – Lima • Supply Depot Operations =$Army$Arsenal ! Ground Support Lake City AAP Watervliet Ars (WVA) • GOGO • Combat Vehicles Equipment • Small Caliber CF ! =$Chemical$Facility ! • Tank Cannons • Weapons Systems • Active Plant • Tactical Missiles • Mortars Milan AAP MC ! =$Muni+ons$Center ! • Navy/Air Force • Towed Artillery • Load, Assemble Iowa AAP Missiles MOT ! =$$Military$Ocean$Terminal $ and Pack • Missile Warheads Conv Ammo Storage • Active Plant • Load, Assemble & Pack Scranton AAP MC =$Manufacturing$Center$ • Active Plant • Projectile Metal Parts • Active Plant Sierra AD • Supply Depot Operations Tobyhanna AD • Demil Storage • Communications & Electronics • Avionics Hawthorne AD • Missile Guidance & • Western Area Demil Facility Radford AAP Control • Contractor Operated • Propellants • Supply Depot Operations MOT Sunny Point • Explosives • Active Plant Ammunition Terminal Group MOT Concord BlueGrass AD Pueblo Chemical Depot • Chemical Defense Equip • Chemical Demil Facility • Supply Depot Operations • Chemical Storage Tooele AD Holston AAP • Chemical Demil Facility • Supply Depot Operations • Explosives RDX/HMX • Chemical Activity • Ammunition Peculiar • Active Plant Equipment • Marine Corps Training Anniston AD Red River AD Ammo Storage • Combat Vehicles • Bradley and MLRS • Small Arms Corpus Christi AD • Tactical/Combat McAlester AAP • Artillery Wheeled Vehicles • Helicopters Pine Bluff Arsenal • Bomb Production • Missile Recertification • Supply Depot Operations • Supply Depot Operations • White/Red Phosphorus • AMCOM Missiles • Smoke/Obscurants • GOGO • DA Missile Recycling Cntr 16 UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Army’s Organic Industrial Base Sierra Army Depot Letterkenny Herlong, CA Munitions Center Chambersburg, PA Tooele Army Depot Toole, UT Letterkenny Army Depot Hawthorne Army Depot Chambersburg, PA Hawthorne, NV Milan Army Lake City Army Ammunition Plant Ammunition Plant Milan, TN Independence, MO Pine Bluff Arsenal McAlester Army Pine Bluff, AR Ammunition Plant McAlester, OK Tobyhanna Army Depot Red River Army Depot Tobyhanna, PA Texarkana, TX Scranton Army Iowa Army Ammunition Ammunition Plant Plant Middletown, IA Scranton, PA Radford Army Corpus Christi Ammunition Plant Army Depot Radford, VA Corpus Christi, TX Holston Army Watervliet Arsenal Ammunition Plant Watervliet, NY Ammo Plant Joint Systems Lexington – Blue Manufacturing Grass Army Depot Center Lexington, KY Lima, OH Rock Island Arsenal Crane Army Rock Island, IL Ammunition Activity Crane, IN = Ammo Facility Providing maintenance, manufacturing, and production Anniston Army Munitions Center = Depot necessary to sustain the lifecycle readiness of war Anniston, AL = Arsenal fighting weapon systems and equipment Anniston Army Government-Owned, Depot = Contractor Operated Anniston, AL Primary Energy Consumers 17 UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Net Zero Energy Initiatives Net Zero Pilot Second 1.5 MW Installations Wind Turbine (Tobyhanna, PA Tooele, UT & Sierra, CA) 2.5 MW Concentrated Solar Array Solar Carport & Solar Daylighting Tooele, UT Tobyhanna, PA A Comprehensive Energy Strategy: Drive Down Energy Consumption & Cost • Limited Appropriations for Energy Projects • Maximize Third-Party Financing • Leverage Net Zero Lessons & Successes • and Installation Best Practices to Develop Enterprise-Wide Solutions Maximizing Renewable Power Where Fiscally Responsible UNCLASSIFIED 18
UNCLASSIFIED Thermal Energy Storage Project at Sierra Army Depot Overview • Primary objective: Further Army Net Zero Energy goals and improve habitability by installing BioPCM Mats in Building 303 at SIAD and enable AMC to evaluate full-scale performance in an operational environment • Insulation will be installed in the roof of Building 303 • Then BioPCM will be installed over the existing exposed insulation in the walls above the 8' elevation and over the newly installed insulation in the roof UNCLASSIFIED 19
UNCLASSIFIED Overview of Facilities at Sierra Army Depot Buildings 302 (Control) and 303 • Wood frame construction built during World War II (typical of AMC facilities) • Relatively few upgrades since • There are some obstacles along the roof and walls, but none that seriously impede installation UNCLASSIFIED 20
UNCLASSIFIED Installation of Material at Sierra Army Depot • Owens Corning FSK-25 insulation - Meets fire requirements if left exposed - Provides vapor barrier • BioPCM Mats - Meets fire requirements if left exposed - Provides vapor barrier UNCLASSIFIED 21
UNCLASSIFIED Project Design at Sierra Army Depot • Performance was predicted using MIL-STD-810G daytime temperature profile • The warehouse is: - Heated in the winter with natural gas - Not actively cooled in the summer - Fans are used for ventilation • Analysis was used to determine the thermal mass of PCM needed for the application UNCLASSIFIED 22
UNCLASSIFIED Measurement and Verification ! US Army AMRDEC Energy lab • Provided temperature loggers for both buildings • Provide Resourse Efficiency Manager (Steve Chaffin) to assist with logger installation and data assessment ! AMRDEC assessing this technology for Redstone Installation Energy and Operational Energy Projects UNCLASSIFIED 23
UNCLASSIFIED PCM Installation Diagram • BioPCM Mats are installed between the insulation and interior of the building • 9/16” staples will be used with a 12” to 15” spacing - Tear load factor of safety is 6.75 under normal conditions UNCLASSIFIED 24
UNCLASSIFIED Close-up of PCM Installation UNCLASSIFIED 25
UNCLASSIFIED Results at Sierra Army Depot Gas Consumption & Temperature Control Building Building with PCM Control Building Building with PCM 250 80 200 75 Natural Gas Consumption (KCF) Temperature (°F) 150 70 100 65 33% 56% 50 60 Reduction Reduction 0 55 April May UNCLASSIFIED 26
UNCLASSIFIED Results at Sierra Army Depot February - March Temperature Control Building Building with PCM 75 73 71 69 67 Degrees F 65 63 61 59 57 February March 55 Readings taken every 15 minutes UNCLASSIFIED 27
UNCLASSIFIED Results at Sierra Army Depot Temperature Difference February - March (T Bldg 303 - T Bldg 302 ) 10 8 6 4 2 Degrees F 0 -2 -4 -6 February March -8 UNCLASSIFIED 28
UNCLASSIFIED Results at Sierra Army Depot April - June Temperature Control Building Building with PCM 90 85 80 Degrees F 75 70 65 60 55 April May June UNCLASSIFIED 29
UNCLASSIFIED Results at Sierra Army Depot Temperature Difference April - May (T Bldg 303 - T Bldg 302 ) 10 8 6 Difference in Temperature (Degrees F) 4 2 0 -2 -4 April May -6 UNCLASSIFIED 30
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