1932-09-10 — Page 3

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1932.

THE CHINA MAIL

*

DAILY AT 2.30, 5.10,

7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313.

THE KING'S

KNOCKS THE

OUT OF THE THEATRE THEATRE

THE MOST COMFORTABLE AND THE ONLY AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE IN HONGKONG.

Humidity A Factor In Cooling Theatre

Dry Air Needed For Purity And Coolness

His essay, a highly technical and advanced piece of work, follows:-

Modern theatre design includes some kind of system whereby the interior air is properly treated to warm, cool, or purify it, as circumstances require. In the temperate zones, where variations of temperature during the year may very between zero weather in December and torrid days in June, provisions must be made for both heating and cooling the inside air. In the tropics, variations in temperature are not so great but the troublesome factor is the humidity.

The

All air-reconditioning Bystems for public gathering places. are designed to control the per cent primary object is to provide a means of controlling the humidity

of moisture or the humidity of the of the entering air, as well as the air wherever the system is used, actual temperature. Cold, wet air.

as well as the temperature.

In laying out the air control sys- tem for the King's Theatre, a study was made of the prevailing charac- teristics of Hong Kong climate over,

would provide a most disagreeable atmosphere but dry air, even a little below outside temperature, is most enjoyable.

“

Steady Temperature. The equipment Installed in this

a long period of time. Data secur theatre" is designed to supply clean

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Boy Essayist On Modern Theatre

Comfort Of

Of Clients Developed

HEALTH METHODS

STUDENT ESSAYS ON KING'S THEATRE.

Gold Medals Awarded To Two Competitors.

The prize winners in the King's Theatre essay competition, the topic. of which was the theatre's modern. cooling system, have been announc- led. The standard of the essays is

exceptionally good.

The winners are k

1 Tei Shu-man, St. Paul's College, gold medal.

This is the prize-winning essay of Tsi Shu Man of St. Paul's College for which he receives a gold medal from the King's Theatre. Chau Kim-ying, Милал His topic, the modern cooling system in theatres and more especially

in the King's Theatre, was set by competition rules,

Here is his own story -- A p

College, silver medal.

3. Tsol Mong-yio, St. Paul's College, book.

To-day the popularity of Cinema Theatre cannot be denied. The Other entrants were awarded number of theatres throughout the world is increasing dally, and complimentary Hickets to the 5.80 they are becoming so popular that the people now prefer patroniz o'clock performance at the King's ing them to attending the ordinary theatres.

Theatre.

The prize-giving will take place

Not only do the proprietors of air." The first system tried was to-day at 5 p.m., the Hon. Dr. 8. W. Cinema theatres provide their the Carrier System, which cooled Tso having consented to distribute patrons with the productions of the atmosphere by means of ice the awards:

the most famous screen stars, but There are, however, certain draw The winner of the first prisë, în the greatest attention is paid to backs to this method, as the building his essay shows a remarkable know ways and means for ensuring the must necessarily be kept-tight and ledge of the hygiene of the present comfort of their customers, parti-if fresh air be allowed to enter it day theatre, and stresses the de cularly during the hot and sultry interferes with the cooling process, sirability of up-to-date cooling Summer months of the year. which must then be repeated, and methods. He comments on the draw

In order that patrons may sit besides, there is as much moisture backs of the old Carrier -Method, and enjoy the masterpieces of the in the atmosphere as before and the and a visit paid to the theatre to leading screen artists in comfort, relative humidity is higher."

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and

the most up-to-date methods are | Constant Humidity. ed from the local weather bureau re air throughout the house so that, mushrooms" under the seats on condenser requires a relatively large being tried and adopted for cooling The latest method of air-condi cords over twenty years indicated when it is filled with people, the the floor. After repeated changes amount of cold water. Study was and purifying the air inside the tioning, as installed at Kin

average temperature will be about and washings the entire atmosphere first made to see if water from the Cinema Theatres.

Thestre, provides that the temperature range in Hong 79 deg. to 80 deg. F and the relative inside the theatre will be brought local mains could be used and then In the majority of existing temperat Keng could

be expected to humidity about 60 per cent. This to about the same temperature, and re-cooled by means of a cooling pand theatres the atmosphere is hot, na

an humidit vary between 78 deg. F, with means that the air inside will humidity Sudden changes in the or tower- but it was found that the healthy and suffocating, and the tinsong

general

so have only about one-third as much outside air, some of which is con- amount required and the cooling only methods of cooling in use are average.. of

i-oxygenated gairi "deg. F. The relative humidity moisture in it as that contained in stantly being introduced into the area necessary entailed prohibitive ventilating fans. Owing to the system keeps the air

the outside "air, providing delight- system, such as increase in moisture costs. "It was, therefore, decided crowded state of the theatre, the theatre relatively or moisture content of the air ex-fully cool. Day atmosphere in content or rise in temperature, will to use SEA water for cooling the air remains hot and polluted till some and at pressed in a convenient percentage which one can relax and refrean be taken into account and the com- condenser pump house was the sudience-disperses

direct was found to be about 81 per cent. himself even on a hot, sticky day,pensating allowances made in the ballt near Blake Pier, a

The air which we breathe is the humidity To accomplish these three results, system to again establish a uni-connected centrifugal pump rated at source of life

cent. in the average

temperature viz., purification, drying and cooling form inside atmosphere. 400 G.P.M. at 65 feet head, driven rier of heat and

ture Now, re- of the air, a complete plant has been The brine circulating pump. La by a 20 H.P. motor the ratio installed.

The essential units are rated at 500 G.P.M. against ☎ 60, through 1,100 foot of moisture the ammonia compressors, con- feet head, thus giving about 25 lbs to the cont contained in a unit volume of the and

denser, brine cooler, air washer pressure through the brine cooler flows bac

circulating fan all sler- and colls of the air washer.” It te mixture to the amount of trically controlled. In prac direct-connected to a 16, HP Induc Str Water: this volume holds attice, cold, brine" is rapidly eir- tion motor running at 1,450 RPM. the same ; temperature if it were culated through a series of tubes: The water used in the "spray #ys- saturated. In other words, if the over which the Incoming air la tem for pifliving-and dooling air were “wringing wet the drawn by the fan Jets of water air

of

80

deg. F

lative humidity is

of the actual amount

humidity would be 100 per cent, spray on this air, washing

measured in pounds |

vapour per cuble foot of

Partially saturat

ressur

water it all dust and impurities.

age over the chilled coll

a point where the

cond

circulated by a rumping

to the brine pump

pure wate

sea water

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to or

inspect the working of the new Coo

ing plant has enabled him to give

ar and concise sor ethods at present