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Hong Kong Builder

WESTINGHOUSE

AIR-CONDITIONING

UNIT WITH "CANEC" DUCTS

AT CAFE

WISEMAN

son with the volume of space conditioned, an even distri- bution of conditioned air is obtained without any excessive air movement being noticeable.

SERVICE

BAR

KITCHEN

OFFICE

RESTAURANT

LIFT

RESTAURANT

PLAN

Air is returned from the Café through two openings situated under the mirrors in the main portion of the Café, these openings being covered by ornamental panels.

COLD STORAGE

TV. Coub.

COMR

RESTAURANT

Floor plan and section of the Café showing arrangement of ducts.

1. Main "Canec" Delivery

Duct

2. Duct to Manager's Office 3. Duct to Service Bar

4. Masonite Duct

5 Return Air Grill (under) 6. Fresh Air Supply Duct 7. Discharge from

Aquamiser

8. "Canec" Return Duct

9. Ducturn Blades

As the quantity of conditioned air brought into the Café is very considerably in excess of that returned, allowances have been made for air to be exhausted at several points, in order to carry away any smoke that may collect.

The following drawing gives the layout of the Air-conditioning Equipment and Ducts, and is an interesting example of how existing premises may be adapted for air-conditioning without considerable structural alterations.

The heart of the Refrigerating Equipment is the Westinghouse seal-less type C. L. S. 6 cylinder Compressor which, with its 20 H.p. Westinghouse Induction Motor, is hermetically sealed into a single unit having no moving parts visible and being automatically lubricated. This compressor unit has a number of important features which are exclusive to Westinghouse seal-less compressors and which conform with the most advanced practice of air-conditioning, the most ingenious of these features being the Freon Refrigerant cooled Motor whereby the refrigerant leaving the cooling coils passes through the motor, and whilst cooling the motor, the refrigerant is super-heated thereby greatly increasing the capacity of the compressor. Other most important features of this compres- sor are its silence of operation, its perfect balance eliminating all vibrating, and its exhaust muffler which eliminates discharged gas noises.

Owing to the difficulty in obtaining large quantities of condensed water, the usual water cooled Condenser is replaced in this installation by a Westinghouse "AQUAMISER," an im- proved and most efficient type of Evaporator Condenser. The "Aquamiser" consists of a large horizontal finned condenser coil over which is a continual spray of water which is