Compressor Hall houses the refrigeration plant for a major manufacturer in Missouri, and the people running its new ammonia refrigeration system handle stockhouse cooling and dehumidification, product cooling, water chilling, secondary refrigerant cooling, and space air conditioning for their employer’s largest and oldest facility. The company is Anheuser-Busch (St. Louis), and their product is beer.
The original system was comprised of horizontal, double-acting, low-speed reciprocating compressors; wooden cooling towers; horizontal and vertical water-cooled condensers; and other auxiliary equipment. Synchronous dc motors powered the compressors.