jppostKW
Well-Known Member
So first some background info the new Kenworth semis have a no idle system that is really cool. It uses a diesel fired 2000 watt heater for the winter and for the summer has a a/c system that runs Freon thru a box full of a graphite matrix saturated in* standard glycol coolant. The concept is to freeze down the graphite system while the truck is running during the day and than at night the stored cold is circulated thru a standard air to water heat exchanger. I.e. heater core on a car and keeps the bunk a comfortable temp. for 8-10 hours The older version is being* retrofitted so I have access to all the removed parts. I have several ideas for these parts with the first being a conical cooler/heater using the graphite matrix bath tub and the little heater. I would use the a/c comp that comes with it as it is* 120v--just plug it in to the wall. The heater burns less than half a gallon of diesel fuel every eight hours and complies with calis emissions requirements. All needed parts are included. The second idea is a enclosed wort cooling system thanks to The Pol. My thoughts are to use a gutted matrix box that will hold about 10 gallons of water put large amounts of ice in it. I would use a plate chiller and a march pump to recirc than pump to my conical and use the pump that comes with the system for the cooling water which flows about 7gpm at full bore. On the return side from the plate chiller to the matrix tub I would put a heater core and use the condenser fan for the a/c system which has about 300cfm capacity to provide a little more cooling capability for less ice or less total cooling time one of the two. This is still in the really basic stages and I will probably build the enclosed system first. Any thoughts ideas or critic would be greatly appreciated