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Total Cost of Ownership Chilled Water Systems
April 17, 2008
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Todd Brown
Business Development Manager - Chillers
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AGENDA
• Low Flow
• Primary-Secondary vs Variable Primary Flow
• Chillers in Series-Series Counterflow
• Chiller-Tower Optimization
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Goal:Goal:Minimize Minimize Capital & OperatingCapital & Operating CostsCosts
Without Sacrificing:Without Sacrificing:RReliability, Efficiency, & Comforteliability, Efficiency, & Comfort
Optimizing Chilled Water Performance
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• Good for Business...
– Offers lower first cost and lower operating cost.
• Good for the Environment:
– Reduced utility generated greenhouse gas emissions.
High Performance Chilled Water Systems:
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Base Design: 450 Tons• Design
wet bulb: 78 F(25.5C)• Entering condenser
water temperature (ECWT): 85 F(29.4C)
• Evaporator and condenser temperature differences: 10 F (5.6C)
• Coil, valve and chilled water piping pressure drop: 80 ft
• Condenser water piping pressure drop: 30 ft
• Pump efficiency: 75%
• Pump motorefficiency: 93%
Example: Low Flow/ High Delta T
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example chilled water plant …
Chiller (2.4, 3.0 gpm/ton)
• Consumption:256 kW (0.569 kW/ton)
• Evaporatorpressure drop: 21.0 ft
• Condenserpressure drop: 21.3 ft
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example chilled water plant …
Cooling Tower (3.0 gpm/ton)
• Power rating:30 hp
• Tower static head:10.0 ft
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example chilled water plant …
Design Formulas
DP2/DP1 = (Flow2/Flow1)
kW = 0.746 x hpmotor efficiency
hp = gpm x PD3960 x pump efficiency
1.85
gpm œ rpmHead œ (gpm)²Power œ (gpm)³
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example chilled water plant …
Chilled Water Pump (2.4 gpm/ton)
• System conditions …
– System head: 80 ft– Bundle head: 21.0 ft– Flow rate: 1080 gpm
• Pump power …
– 36.7 hp– 29.5 kW
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• System conditions …
– System head: 26.0 ft
– Bundle head: 21.3 ft
– Tower static: 10.0 ft
– Flow rate: 1350 gpm
• Pump power …
– 26.0 hp
– 20.8 kW
example chilled water plant …
Condenser Water Pump (3.0 gpm/ton)
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example chilled water plant …
System Energy Consumption
• With 2.4, 3.0 gpm/ton flows …(0.043, 0.054 L/S/KW)
2.4/3.0Chiller 256.0Chilled Water Pump 29.5Condenser Water Pump 20.8Cooling Tower 24.1
Total kW 330.4
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example chilled water plant …
Low Flow System
Base Case Low Flow……………….
ARI 42, 16dT 44 F, 14dT 44 F, 14dT; 83.3 F 42 F, 16dT
2.4/3.0 1.5/3.0 1.7/2.0 1.7/2.0 1.5/2.0Chiller 256.0 268.0 288.0 269.0 296.0Chilled Water Pump 29.5 16.2 19.0 19.0 16.2Condenser Water Pump 20.8 20.8 11.3 11.3 11.3Cooling Tower 24.1 24.1 16.0 24.1 16.0Total kW 330.4 329.1 334.6 323.4 339.5
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What About Part Load Operation?We’ll use …• Chiller kW values for NPLV
– Derived from the selection program
• Cooling tower kW
– Tower energy at part load based on being linear with speed reduction
And constant kW values for the …
• Chilled water pump• Condenser water pump
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Part Load Operation
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you’ve got more …System Design Options
Either …
• Take full energy (operatingcost) savings
Or …
• Reduce piping size and costExperienced designers use pump,piping and tower savings to select aneven more efficient chiller
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Decoupled Systems Decoupled Systems moving tomoving to……
Variable Flow SystemsVariable Flow Systems
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58.0°F2571 gpm
44.0°F 2571 gpm
58.0°F
857 gpm(each)
Primary–Secondarydesign
Primary–Secondarydesign
bypass(decoupler)
primarypumpsprimarypumps
secondarypumps
secondarypumps
2571 gpm
44.0°F
44.0°F
44.0°F
58.0°F
58.0°F
58.0°F
857 gpm
857 gpm
857 gpm
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58.0°F2571 gpm
44.0°F 2571 gpm
58.0°F
Variable Primary
design
Variable Primary
design
2571 gpm
44.0°F
44.0°F
44.0°F
58.0°F
58.0°F
58.0°F
857 gpm
857 gpm
857 gpm
ΔP(typical)
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56.0°F1050 gpm
44.0°F 1050 gpm
56.0°F
Variable Primary part loadVariable Primary part load
1050 gpm
44.0°F 56.0°F1050
off
off
ΔP(typical)
Maximum Flow = 1300 gpmMinimum Flow = 244 gpmSelection Flow = 857 gpm
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56.0°F1050 gpm
44.0°F 1050 gpm
56.0°F
Variable Primary part loadVariable Primary part load
1050 gpm
44.0°F 56.0°F525
525
off
ΔP(typical)
Maximum Flow = 1300 gpmMinimum Flow = 244 gpmSelection Flow = 857 gpm
44.0°F 56.0°F
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56.0°F1050 gpm
44.0°F 1050 gpm
51.2°F
857 gpm(each)
Primary–Secondarydesign
Primary–Secondarydesign
664 gpm
primarypumpsprimarypumps
secondarypumps
secondarypumps
1714 gpm
44.0°F
44.0°F
51.2°F
51.2°F
857 gpm
857 gpm
off
44.0°F
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Lower Capital Cost Variable Primary advantages
• Fewer …
– Pumps
– Motors
– Pump bases
– Starters and wiring
– Fittings and piping
– Controls
• Less labor
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More Available Space
Opportunity to …
– Add other equipment
– Select larger, more efficient chillers
– Improve service access
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Simplified Control
• Unfetters chillers from flow-based control
• Operates distribution pumps to transport water
… not to start/stop chillers
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Improved Reliability
Provides system with …
– Fewer pumps and accessories
– Fewer chiller recovery options
– Fewer pump recovery options
– Better balance between pumps and chillers online
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Chiller Selection Considerations
• Evaporator flow limits
• Rate-of-change tolerance
• Flow “range-ability”
– Difference between selection flow rate and evaporator minimum flow limit
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What are otherWhat are other’’s s saying???saying???
Variable Primary Flow Chilled Water Plant Design …
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VFP systems:VFP systems:•• Reduces total annual plant energy 3Reduces total annual plant energy 3--8%8%•• Reduces first cost 4Reduces first cost 4--8%8%•• Reduces lifeReduces life--cycle cost 3cycle cost 3--5%*5%*
*Relative to conventional Decoupled chilled-water systems.
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VPF SystemMore information
• “Don’t Ignore Variable Flow,” Waltz, Contracting Business, July 1997
• “Primary-Only vs. Primary-Secondary Variable Flow Systems,”Taylor, ASHRAE Journal, February 2002
• “Comparative Analysis of Variable and Constant Primary-Flow Chilled-Water-Plant Performance,” Bahnfleth and Peyer, HPAC Engineering, April 2001
• “Campus Cooling: Retrofitting Systems,” Kreutzmann, HPAC Engineering, July 2002
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unsuited for
Variable Primary Flow
• Inadequate control capability– Insufficient chiller unloading
– Vintage chiller controls
• Poor financial return(Consider chilled water reset instead)
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Parallel VPF Systems Parallel VPF Systems
moving tomoving to……
Series Evaporator Series Evaporator SystemsSystems
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VPF system configurationsSeries-Counter Flow
VFD
57°F
48.96°F
103.82°F 89.6°F
96.63°F
89.6°F103.82°F
96.63°F
48.96°F 41°F
41°F
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�SingleCompressorChiller
103.82° F
Lift62.82° F
41° F
103.82° F
Lift54.86° F
48.96° F
Upstream Chiller96.63° F
Lift55.63° F
41° F
Downstream Chiller Series-Counter flowArrangement
• Upstream chiller: 103.82 - 48.96 = 54.86• Downstream chiller: 96.63 - 41 = 55.63• Average lift: 55.24
(vs. 62.82 for single compressor (12%))
Better chiller efficiency, but high ΔP
VPF system configurationsSeries-Counter Flow
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Chiller–Tower Optimization …
Do It Right!
Chiller–Tower Optimization …
Do It Right!
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chiller–tower optimizationThe Question …
• What’s the “right” condenser water temperature?
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Or Said Another Way …
050
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72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85
Chiller kWTower kWTotal kW
kW
Condenser Water Temperature
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chiller–tower optimizationHow Do You Do It?
With real-life controls!
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• MicroTech II and BAS Combination
The optimized method requires auto-adaptive controls. This control logic constantly adjusts the condenser water supply temperature to the value that uses the least amount of power. The controller measures the power requirement for the chiller and cooling tower. The condenser water temperature setpoint then is altered and the power consumption is checked again. If the total power consumption goes down, a similar adjustment is made and the total power is checked again.
How do you do it?
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What’s good for the component …may NOT be good for the system!
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where’s the meter?The Only Possible Response …
On the building!On the building!
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chiller–tower optimizationIn Summary …
• Defines the optimal entering condenser temperature
• Optimal control is the right thing to do …AND it saves money
• Savings are real and can be quantified• The control strategy is available NOW!
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FirstFirstCostCost
OperatingOperatingCostCost
Exploit technology!Exploit technology!•• Low flowLow flow•• Low temperatureLow temperature•• High efficiencyHigh efficiency•• ControlsControlsLeverage:Leverage:•• Optimized ControlsOptimized Controls•• Variable Primary FlowVariable Primary Flow•• Series EvaporatorsSeries Evaporators
Lowest Total Cost of Ownership
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