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How to Manually Calculate Chiller Capacity for Your Process
If you don’t like the idea of expert guidelines for estimating process heat loads, or just plain prefer to make your own calculations...
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Jan 27, 20223 min read
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Variable Primary Flow Design in Chiller
Modern DDC controllers on chillers allow the possibility of variable flow design. Traditional thinking has been that the chiller should...
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Dec 12, 20217 min read
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Minimum Chilled Water Volume in Chillers
The volume of chilled water in the chilled water system acts as a damper and smoothes out the effects due to load change. Process loads...
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Dec 12, 20212 min read
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Process Applications in HVAC
Process applications can place unique demands on chiller plants. All parties involved in a process application should be fully aware that...
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Dec 12, 20215 min read
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Low Delta T Syndrome in HVAC
Low delta T syndrome occurs when the design chilled water temperature range is not maintained. Any variable flow system can experience...
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Dec 12, 202110 min read
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HVAC-Heat Recovery in Chillers
Chiller plants collect all the energy released in the building. In addition, there is an additional 25% more energy from the chillers...
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Dec 12, 20218 min read
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HVAC-Waterside Free Cooling
Some HVAC systems, such as fan coils, can require chilled water year-round. Where the weather allows, waterside free cooling can avoid...
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Dec 12, 20217 min read
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HVAC- Primary Secondary Systems
For large chillers or where more than two chillers are anticipated a primary-secondary (also called decoupled) piping system is often...
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Dec 12, 202112 min read
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HVAC Chiller Arrangement- Series
Series chillers are another method of operating more than one chiller in a plant. This design concept resolves the mixed flow issues...
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Dec 12, 20217 min read
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Parallel Chiller System
To provide some redundancy in the HVAC design, most designers will require two or more chillers. Multiple chillers also offer the...
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Dec 11, 20214 min read
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Single Chiller System
Single chiller systems are the easiest to design and operate but are also the least efficient chiller plant design for buildings....
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Dec 11, 20213 min read
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HVAC Mechanical Room Safety
Chillers represent large, powerful machines filled with refrigerants. When chillers are placed in confined spaces, care must be exercised...
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Dec 11, 20214 min read
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Dual Compressor and VFD Chillers
The unique performance of both Daikin Applied dual compressor and variable frequency drive chillers affect the chiller plant design....
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Dec 7, 20215 min read
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DESIGN OF AIR COOLED CHILLERS
The choice of chiller type and chiller plant design are inherently linked. Different chiller types have different strengths and by...
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Dec 6, 20217 min read
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Relation between Water Temperatures ranges in Chillers
The selection of temperature ranges can affect the chiller plant operation and energy usage. The limiting temperatures are the required...
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Dec 1, 20215 min read
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HVAC SYSTEM SELECTION
Figure 1 shows a basic chilled water system with connected loads. The system consists of a chiller, cooling tower, building cooling load,...
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Nov 30, 202128 min read
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Will Rs 1 crore be enough to take care of all needs after 15 years?
Typically, many investors want to create a corpus of Rs 1 crore after a decade or more. In some cases, the corpus is to take care of...
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Oct 7, 20213 min read
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HVAC - Principles & Functions
Air conditioning is the process whereby the condition of Air, as defined by its temperature and moisture content, is changed. In...
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Oct 3, 20217 min read
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Expansion Tank Design for Chilled water System
Section 1.0: Introduction An expansion tank is used in a chilled water system to accomplish three main tasks, (1) accommodate thermal...
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Sep 26, 202113 min read
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NEWTON'S FIRST LAW IN DAILY LIFE
SIR ISSAC NEWTON, (born January 4,1643) in Woolsthorpe, England - (died March 31,1727) in London, England. He was an English Physicist...
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May 7, 20213 min read
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