Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Modern Engineering Preserving Our Engineering Heritage: Air Conditioning in the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
- In
- Fourth National Conference on Engineering Heritage 1988: Preprints of Papers
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 1988, pp. 12-16
- ISBN/ISSN
- 085825414X
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.623439992541279
- Abstract
The Ultimo Power Station provided electric power for the first Sydney trams which were serviced and maintained in the Ultimo Tram Depot. They were thus among the most innovative and socially significant engineering works in Australia at the time. Refurbished and with additions, they have become the Powerhouse Museum, a major centre for the restoration, storage and display of important objects from our engineering heritage. Many of these objects deteriorate slowly but surely in the presence of atmospheric pollutants and fluctuations of ambient relative humidity. Air conditioning systems in the building assist with object preservation by providing, 'around the clock', a high standard of particulate filtration, removal of corrosive contaminants and control of relative humidity to a tolerance of 5%. Energy conservation is therefore of importance. Refrigeration plant utilises water chillers to reclaim waste heat from the building. Seawater conduits which connected the turbine hall to Darling Harbour when the building was used as a power station are now used as a sink for excess heat and a source for supplementary heat when required.
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- Fourth National Conference on Engineering Heritage 1988: Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1988), 133 pp. Details