HTST 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Centrifugal Compressor, Willis Carrier, Cold Chain
15 Oct 2018
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Lecture 17: rise of integrated, national food market in era of cool transport and cold stage, food as "big business, global cold chains, some consequences. Last point, last time: environmental impact, energy use, energy require to use refrigerator for a week = 15 min drive, refrigerants, cancer, Experimentation: ny stock exchange (1903, make it less oppressive in the summer, alfred wolff, very successful - a lot of contracts, plaza hotel-one of the biggest contracts, st. louis world"s fair (1904, demonstrated cold air for people"" Willis carrier: air conditioning (1902, targeting work environments, serving client, challenge was to dehumidify, aim to facilitate successful production (not human comfort, quickly entice other business to try air conditioning. Especially towards textile economy: residential installation- very expensive. "progress fairs" 1933-34, chicago 1939-40, new york: carrier "world of tomorrow" igloo, 1939, cooling suburbia, marketing to women, cooling the planet (kind of)
