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Description:This report is an investigation of some design aspects of a large floating platform to support urban activities in the Hawaiian islands area. A brief account of weather and sea conditions in Hawaii is presented, with an analysis of human comfort requirements. Various types of air conditioning systems are described and choices are made for specific locations within the Floating City. Equations are presented and sample calculations are performed for determining cooling load, by the response factor method, for a superstructure and a buoyancy tank case. Preliminary air duct design is performed for both cases. Absorption-cycle refrigeration is discussed, and a flow diagram and calculations are given. A computer program which performs the response factor calculations is presented. Finally, several conclusions drawn from this work are reported.
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Sea Grant Document Number:HAWAU-T-73-009
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