February 2021 Chapter Meeting – R in ASHRAE
Date: Monday February 8th, 2021
Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Where: Virtual Meeting via Zoom
REGISTER
EVENT SCHEDULE
10:30am CDT – 10:35 Attendees get settled
10:35 – 10:40 Chapter Announcements and Speaker Introduction
10:40 – 11:30 Technical Session
11:30 – 11:40 Break
11:40 – 12:30pm CDT Main Session
Speaker: Douglas Reindl, Ph.D., P.E.
Tech Session: ASHRAE Standard 15 – A Review and Update
Main Session: Understanding Safety Relief Systems
WHERE: Virtual via Zoom
FEE: FREE for ASHRAE St. Louis Members and $15.00 for Non-Members
DESCRIPTION
Tech Session (50 minutes): ASHRAE Standard 15 – A Review and Update
Standard 15 (Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems) is one of ASHRAE’s oldest standards dating back to 1919. The purpose of Standard 15 is to specify safe design, construction, installation, and operation of refrigeration systems. All engineers that work with building mechanical systems should have a basic understanding of this Standard and for those engineers that work closely with refrigeration or chilling systems must have a deeper understanding of this standard and its requirements. This presentation will provide a review of Standard 15 and highlight recent changes to the standard. Common misapplications of the standard will be presented and discussed.
Main Session (50 minutes): Understanding Safety Relief Systems
Overpressure protection for refrigeration systems is required by ASHRAE Standard 15 and other related standards including the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code as well as model mechanical codes. Safety relief systems have basic engineering requirements that are commonly missed on system design and refrigeration system installations. This presentation will review the importance of safety relief systems, recent revisions in ASHRAE 15 related to overpressure protection and provide examples of proper and improper practices of this engineered system.
Speaker:
Douglas Reindl is a professor and chair with appointments in the Department of Engineering Professional Development and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, he is the founding director of the Industrial Refrigeration Consortium (IRC) at UW-Madison. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Wisconsin and actively involved in ASHRAE, IIAR, and IIR.
As faculty member at the University of Wisconsin since 1996, Professor Reindl has taught at all levels: undergraduate, graduate, and continuing professional development. Professor Reindl has developed an internationally-recognized series of professional development courses focused on industrial refrigeration systems with an emphasis on the safe use of ammonia as a refrigerant. Through the IRC, Professor Reindl collaborates with the world’s leading food companies to improve the safety, efficiency, reliability and productivity of industrial refrigeration systems and technologies.
Professor Reindl is an ASHRAE Fellow and a past recipient of ASHRAE’s Distinguished Service Award. HE was the first recipient of ASHRAE’s George C. Briley Award for the best refrigeration article in the ASHRAE Journal. He is a past chair and currently serves as a member of ASHRAE’s Standard 15 committee – Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems. Professor Reindl has published 7 books and over 100 technical papers on topics including: industrial refrigeration, building mechanical systems, energy systems, and solar energy.
