Aquarium of the Pacific

CEC was contracted in April 2002 to provide a turnkey Tri-Generation plant to the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific (AOTP) site. 

This fast track project broke ground in August 2002 and was providing power, chilled water and hot water to the various fish and animals by January 2003. Some of the engineering and construction obstacles included a soils liquefaction potential of 24” and a footprint to work with of 24’x58’, electrical interconnection cut-over time of only 1 hour for life safety reasons, daily public tours of the area, limited access and high traffic of food for the animals.

The plant comprised of two 675 kWh Deutz generators, two 100 ton absorption chillers, two Beaird exhaust heat recovery units, complete controls scheme and balance of plant equipment to support the project.

The project was turned over to the Owner at 100% capacity ready to serve for the long term in March 2003.