Ice Ramps
09-01-2007, 04:34 PM
Ok,
Here is the project: My friends and I are creating a new extreme sport, our company name is Ice Ramps (iceramps.com). The short of it is we are merging aggressive inline skating and ice skating. We are building a prototype halfpipe that is only 4' high. The ice mat (refrigeration lines) we are using is 16' x 35'. We were told by CALMAC (the company the made our ice mat) that we could find a small liquid chiller around 10 tons that would suit our needs. The problem is that most liquid chillers that are small do not go down the low temps that we need around 12-18 degrees F, with a return temp of say 19-22F. I may be able to lean toward a bit higher temps but not much as we are building this in Alabama and have to allow for ambient temps. I have been told that we may be able to use a freezer unit from a grocery store or related food service items. I am wondering if freezers compressors can be run in series? We have a short video clip of what we have done so far with synthetic ice material on our site but since I have less than 15 post I can't seem to post the link but its on our blog page under the title "Black Friday".
Thanks for any advice you guys can offer,
Dale Campbell
Warrant Officer, US Army
Here is the project: My friends and I are creating a new extreme sport, our company name is Ice Ramps (iceramps.com). The short of it is we are merging aggressive inline skating and ice skating. We are building a prototype halfpipe that is only 4' high. The ice mat (refrigeration lines) we are using is 16' x 35'. We were told by CALMAC (the company the made our ice mat) that we could find a small liquid chiller around 10 tons that would suit our needs. The problem is that most liquid chillers that are small do not go down the low temps that we need around 12-18 degrees F, with a return temp of say 19-22F. I may be able to lean toward a bit higher temps but not much as we are building this in Alabama and have to allow for ambient temps. I have been told that we may be able to use a freezer unit from a grocery store or related food service items. I am wondering if freezers compressors can be run in series? We have a short video clip of what we have done so far with synthetic ice material on our site but since I have less than 15 post I can't seem to post the link but its on our blog page under the title "Black Friday".
Thanks for any advice you guys can offer,
Dale Campbell
Warrant Officer, US Army