Brinewater(an antifreeze agent) Five miles (8 km) of steel pipe wind under the rink in the Raleigh arena(A). The three chillers cool the brinewater to 16 F (-9 C) and provide up to 270 tons of cooling (seeHow Air Conditioning Worksfor the definition of a "cooling ton"). The bri...
Flake icemakers work much like cube icemakers, but they have an additional component: the ice crusher. Once the ice is made, a solenoid valve releases hot gas into the cooling pipes after a set length of time. The ice column then loosens and falls into the ice crusher below. The ice ...