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What is an absorption chiller?

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Absorption chillers use heat and a chemical solution to produce chilled water. A gas burner is usually used to produce the heat with a mixture of lithium bromide and water as the chemical solution. Recovered waste heat in the form of hot water or steam can be used to power an indirect-fired absorption chiller (they use electricity for solution pumps, but only a small fraction of the electricity that electric motor driven chillers require).
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What is a chiller?

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Most small buildings like homes use a forced air distribution system to provide hot or cold air for comfort conditioning. Large buildings frequently use a hydronic distribution system and pump chilled water to air handling units to provide cool air for air conditioning. A chiller is the machine that cools water to around 44°F for distribution to the air handling units.
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What is a wort chiller? How/why is it used?

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A wort chiller is a device used to quickly cool boiling wort to yeast pitching temperatures. Two common constructions are the immersion chiller and the counterflow chiller. The immersion chiller consists of a coil of copper tubing that is immersed in the wort, and cold water is run through the tubing.
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Why is particle size important to absorption?

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Chelated and colloidal particles are far too large for cell assimilation in the body. These particles will be caught up in the blood stream and subsequently deposited, building up in various parts of the body, contributing to diseases such as kidney stones, bone spurs and hardening of the arteries. Toxic buildup of colloidal minerals such as lead and aluminum is known as heavy-metal poisoning. The body’s ability to utilize a mineral is primarily a matter of size and solubility.
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What are Ultra Violet absorption and Lenses?

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Spectacle lenses, depending on the type of material will absorb varying amounts of ultraviolet light. In order of best absorbing lens the materials are polycarbonate, plastic and finally glass lenses. Different standards define the amount of absorption required, and/or the definition of the categories for spectacle lenses. The amount of UV absorption is also influenced by tinting, dying and lens coatings.
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How loud is the chiller?

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Our chillers make about as much noise as your central air conditioning unit. They are designed for residential purposes, with noise being a major factor in the design. The chiller(s) will not run constantly as they are fitted with a special “Ice Sensor” that is used to monitor the temperature of the ice slab. Therefore, if Mother Nature is maintaining your rink for you, the chiller should not be running.
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How Chiller work ?

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Who manufacturered a NBA3024SKB1, SERIAL NUMBER L900121487. The condenser is model CA3024UKA2, SERIAL NUMBER L903289602. how do you measure how many btu's are needed - by square footage? what is rule of thumb--i.e. how many btu's per sq ft? for top efficiency? emergency response please I am about to answer my boss's question. I would like to look like I know what I am doing!. I am trying calculate the amount of power consumed by a liquid chiller.
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What are “ideal” applications for a large gas chiller system?

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The “ideal” application for a large gas cooling installation would be for a project or facility that has many of the following attributes:
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How efficient is liquid zeolite absorption in the intestines?

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About 60% of the liquid zeolite you ingest binds toxins in the bloodstream and at the cellular level. The remaining 40% stays in the intestinal tract, where it helps to protect the body from toxic absorption. We don't know yet. However, since depleted uranium carries a positive charge, liquid zeolite theoretically should remove it from the body.
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How can I increase my calcium absorption?

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The body can only absorb 500 mgs of calcium at one time, so it is important to space your calcium intake throughout the course of the day. Ideally this means giving your body time to digest and absorb calcium from meals and supplements by spacing intake 2-4 hours apart.
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Can you become deficient in some vitamins after this surgery from lack of absorption??

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You need to take vitamins and mineral suppliments the rest of your life. This is known and understood prior to surgery.
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What are single- and double-effect absorption chillers?

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Without getting technical, the number of "effects" in a chiller reflects the number of times energy is used. A single-effect machine uses heat just once to produce chilled water. A double-effect machine contains heat exchangers to recover heat left over from the first stage of cooling to produce additional refrigerant vapor and more cooling. Double-effect is more efficient than single-effect. Triple-effect chillers are under development.
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What about rate of absorption?

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Tinctures are absorbed more quickly than powders when taken orally. This is great if you need immediate action from that herb. For example if you are having an asthma attack, and you want to use an herb to stop the attack, then you need very rapid absorption of the herb, and a tincture would be your best choice. Such rapid absorption is rarely required, and the rate of absorption is not much greater than with powders.
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What is sound absorption?

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Sound absorption is the reduction of airborne noise, such as tire noise on variable road surfaces, wind noise, motor noise, generator noise, dishwasher noise. It is noise not transmitted through a solid structure. HushMat Silencer foam provides excellent sound absorption properties for air-borne noise.
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Why do the SFT-150 and SFT-250 Require a Chiller / Recirculator?

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The chiller is used to transfer heat away from the pump head. Cooling the pump head ensures that only liquid carbon dioxide reaches the pump. This is important because the unit cannot pump gaseous carbon dioxide. The chiller essentially does two things. It counteracts the heat of compression which occurs inside the pump head, and it removes heat caused by friction of the piston moving back and forth. Both of these heat sources need to be kept in check.
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Do I need a concrete pad to put the chiller on?

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No. The only requirement is that the area that you place your chiller is also level. It can be located up to 20’ away from your rink with our standard design. We also recommend that the chiller be placed on the same level as the rink to help with the Glycol flow.
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Can the chiller stay outside all year?

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Yes. Much like your central air conditioning unit, it has been designed to remain outdoors all year. We do, however, recommend that you cover the chiller fans in the summer months to prevent debris and small animals from getting into the fan motor and jamming it.
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Why should I choose Arctic Chiller?

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A.There are three main areas that set Arctic Chiller apart from other bottled water products. These areas include our offering of: Full color, photo quality, plastic, ultra violet protected, fully adhesive, and laminated labels display your corporate image with the best presentation. This ensures the bottle looks as good after it has been on ice for several hours as it did when it came out of the box, and will continue to look as good for months or even years.
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Why Is Absorption so Important?

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You cannot benefit from minerals unless you can absorb them. The absorption of minerals primarily takes place within the small intestines. As food matter passes through the intestines, minerals transfer into the blood stream through the walls of the intestines. This can only happen if the minerals are ionically charged. Although stomach acid helps ionize the minerals in foods, a mineral supplement should contain already naturally ionized minerals to be fully absorbed.
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Why can't I just increase absorption by taking more dosage of inorganic calcium?

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You could. But as a result there will be more inorganic minerals precipitated in the stomach and small intestine, and the excess amount of magma precipitation will cause G.I. tract distress such as diarrhea or constipation. The precipitate can also absorb crucial vitamins as it is excreted, thus depriving the body of essential vitamin. Therefore, increasing the amount of common inorganic calcium supplements would actually be detrimental.
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What is dielectric absorption?

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Dielectric absorption refers to the ability of some dielectrics to retain charge after the capacitor has been discharged. The phenomenon is attributed to time dependent polarization relaxation and is predominantly a factor in the high dielectric constant materials.
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How does the chiller work? Do I need one? How much water am I really going to use per minute?

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The chiller re-circulates the cooling water that is used by the intensifier’s heat exchanger to cool the hydraulics. It cools the water and then sends it through the pump again. A chiller is most effective in areas where there is a water shortage, in warmer climates, or if the cost of water is higher. You could go through up to 5 gal/minute of cooling water on a 50 hp pump, so it may be a good option.
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Why Not Use a Helium Head Spaced C02 Tanks Instead of a Chiller?

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The Chiller eliminates the need for Helium headspace Carbon Dioxide tanks. The action of pumping heats up the liquid carbon dioxide causing the liquid carbon dioxide to flash in the pumping head to gas. This results in cavitations and low pump efficiency. Cavitation can be eliminated 2 ways: First, by use of a chiller assembly to cool the pump head and/or carbon dioxide fluid to about ?5 degrees Celsius, eliminating the cavitation problem.
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You can't specify the boiler or chiller sizes?

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For further information you will need to purchase the "Non Domestic Heating, Cooling and Ventilation Compliance Guide" which is available from the RIBA bookshop: http://www.ribabookshops.com/site/viewtitle.asp?sid=&pid=6273 A bivalent heating system is one in which the heating is supplied by two different types of heat sources. An example could be a heat pump with a gas boiler for backup.
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Can the Lighthouse support BOTH a chiller and a heater at the same time?

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There is only one outlet for use by heater or chiller, so technically only one or the other can be used at the same time. However, by using the "Daylight Cutoff" feature you can plug a heater into the Daylight outlet and have the heater controlled by the cutoff temperature, while simultaneously using a chiller plugged into the heater/chiller outlet. This would allow both heater and chiller control at the same time.
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Can Arctic Chiller arrange for the shipping of my order?

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Yes, with a North American freight in place Arctic Chiller can supply promotional bottled water anywhere and everywhere you need it.
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What about absorption and why is the cream superior to tablets, capsules or suppositories?

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Oral (pill form) progesterone has to be metabolized by the liver and you would need at least 50x's more progesterone to get the same effect that you get from using a transdermal progesterone. Why put the liver through extra processing? The problem with progesterone tinctures is that they must be taken throughout the day on a strict schedule in which many women are unable to follow.
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