Trane SYS-APM001-EN manual Plant Expansion, Alternative fuel, Thermal storage

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System Issues and Challenges

situation. Electrical generation can be outsourced to avoid internal capitalization.

A variation of electrical generation uses an engine indirectly- or directly- coupled to a chiller. Either variation produces chilled water using an alternative fuel such as natural gas or fuel oil. The indirect-coupling method allows the chiller to operate using an alternative fuel or electricity from the grid. An engine directly-coupled to a chiller can only run using the alternative fuel.

Alternative fuel

Some designers prefer to employ chillers that use fossil fuels or perhaps renewable fuels. Examples are absorption chillers using natural gas, steam, hot water, landfill gas, biodiesel, or waste-to-energy boilers. Plants with these chillers, discussed in detail elsewhere30, allow the owner to take advantage of expected fuel rate separations.

Thermal storage

Another successfully applied alternative-energy source is thermal storage. Chillers make either ice or chilled water during times of lower electricity costs. The energy is stored in tanks and then discharged to satisfy cooling loads during times of high electrical costs. Other manuals and an Engineers Newsletter describe the use of thermal storage in detail. 31, 32, 33, 34, 35

Use any of these technologies to provide value to the building owner through judicious use of alternative fuels.

Plant Expansion

Plant expansion can be performed easily in either a primary–secondary or variable-primary-flow system by adding another chiller and pump to the system. The two major considerations will be whether the chilled-water distribution pipes will be able to handle the flow and how to install the new chiller while other chillers are still providing cooling. When the new system flow rate complies with good piping practice and the pumps can deliver the water, the process works well.

To maintain chilled-water flow during installation of a new chiller, some plants are constructed with piping stubs in place for the new chiller. In this way, the new chiller can be installed while the system is still operating, then the valves in the stubs can be opened.

When decoupled systems are used on large campus-type systems, added loads are often located some distance away from the original loads. Yet, planners like the idea of somehow hooking the new loads to the existing system. The “double-ended” system discussed in “Chiller sequencing in a double-ended decoupled system” on page 54 is one way of handling this requirement.

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Chiller System Design and Control

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Contents May Page Chiller System Design and Control Preface Contents 100 Chiller Primary System ComponentsChiller evaporator Primary System ComponentsEffect of chilled-water flow rate and variation Effect of chilled-water temperatureEffect of condenser-water flow rate Effect of condenser-water temperatureWater-cooled condenser Air-cooled condenser MaintenanceAir-cooled versus water-cooled condensers Packaged or Split System?Energy efficiency Low-ambient operationAir-cooled or water-cooled efficiency LoadsTwo-way valve load control Three-way valve load controlFace-and-bypass dampers Variable-speed pump load controlChilled-water pump Chilled-Water Distribution SystemManifolded pumps Distribution pipingPump per chiller Constant flow system Pumping arrangementsCooling tower Condenser-Water SystemPrimary-secondary system Variable-primary systemEffect of load on cooling tower performance Condenser-water pumping arrangementsEffect of ambient conditions on cooling tower performance Single tower per chillerRecommended chiller-monitoring points per Ashrae Standard Unit-Level ControlsChiller control Centrifugal chiller with AFD Centrifugal chiller capacity controlAFD on both chillers Small Chilled-Water Systems 1-2 chillers Application ConsiderationsCondensing method Application Considerations Constant flowVariable flow Number of chillers Application ConsiderationsParallel or series Part load system operationPreferential vs. equalized loading and run-time Mid-Sized Chilled-Water Systems ChillersManaging control complexity Large Chilled-Water Systems + Chillers, District Cooling Large chilled-water system schematicWater PowerPipe size Limitations of field performance testing Chiller performance testingChiller Plant System Performance ControlsSYS-APM001-EN SYS-APM001-EN Guidance for Chilled- and Condenser-Water Flow Rates System Design OptionsSystem Design Options Chilled-Water TemperaturesStandard rating temperatures Standard rating flow conditions Condenser-Water TemperaturesChilled- and Condenser-Water Flow Rates System Design Options Selecting flow rates Low-flow conditions for cooling tower Base Case Low Flow DP2/DP1 = Flow2/Flow11.85System summary at full load Total system power Component Power kW Base Case Low FlowChilled water system performance at part load Coil response to decreased entering water temperatureCooling-tower options with low flow Entering fluid temperature, F CSmaller tower System designSame tower, smaller approach ΔT2 = 99.1 78 = 21.1F or 37.3 25.6 = 11.7CSame tower, smaller approach Present Smaller Approach Same tower, larger chillerRetrofit capacity changes Larger Present Chiller Same tower Retrofit opportunitiesCost Implications Misconception 1-Low flow is only good for long piping runs Misconceptions about Low-Flow RatesKWh SYS-APM001-EN Parallel Chillers System ConfigurationsParallel chillers with separate, dedicated chiller pumps System ConfigurationsSeries chillers Series ChillersHydraulic decoupling Primary-Secondary Decoupled SystemsCheck valves Production loop System Configurations ProductionDistribution-loop benefits of decoupled system arrangement System Configurations DistributionTertiary or distributed CommonCampus Tertiary pumping arrangement Decoupled system-principle of operationFlow-sensing Temperature-sensingFlow-based control Subtracting a chiller Multiple chilled-water plants on a distribution loopAdding a chiller Double-ended decoupled system Pump control in a double-ended decoupled systemChiller sequencing in a double-ended decoupled system Other plant designs Variable-Primary-Flow SystemsOperational savings of VPF designs Advantages of variable primary flowDispelling a common misconception Chiller selection requirementsFlow, ft.water Flow rate Flow-rate changes that result from isolation-valve operation Managing transient water flowsSystem Configurations Effect of dissimilar evaporator pressure drops System design and control requirementsAccurate flow measurement Bypass flow control Chiller sequencing in VPF systemsFlow-rate-fluctuation examples Adding a chiller in a VPF systemSequencing based on load Subtracting a chiller in a VPF systemSelect slow-acting valves to control the airside coils Other VPF control considerationsConsider a series arrangement for small VPF applications Plant configurationChiller selection Guidelines for a successful VPF systemBypass flow Plant configurationChiller sequencing Airside controlChilled-Water System Variations Heat RecoveryCondenser Free Cooling or Water Economizer Plate-and-frame heat exchangerRefrigerant migration Chilled-Water System VariationsWell, river, or lake water Refrigerant migration chiller in free-cooling modePreferential loading parallel arrangement Preferential LoadingSidestream plate-and-frame heat exchanger Preferential loading sidestream arrangementChilled-Water System Variations Sidestream with alternative fuels or absorptionSidestream system control Preferential loading series arrangementSeries-series counterflow Series-Counterflow ApplicationCondensers Unequal Chiller SizingEvaporators Amount of Fluid in the Loop System Issues and ChallengesLow ΔT Syndrome Chiller response to changing conditions System Issues and ChallengesSystem response to changing conditions ExampleType and size of chiller ContingencyMinimum capacity required Alternative Energy Sources System Issues and Challenges Location of equipmentWater and electrical connections Ancillary equipmentThermal storage Plant ExpansionAlternative fuel Flow rate out of range Retrofit OpportunitiesApplications Outside the Chiller’s Range Precise temperature control System Issues and Challenges Temperatures out of rangePrecise temperature control, multiple chillers System Controls Chilled water reset-raising and loweringChilled-Water System Control Chilled-water pump controlNumber of chillers to operate Critical valve reset pump pressure optimizationSystem Controls Minimum refrigerant pressure differential Condenser-Water System ControlVFDs and centrifugal chillers performance at 90% load Chillers DifferenceCooling-tower-fan control Condenser-water temperature controlChiller-tower energy consumption Chiller-tower energy balanceChiller-tower-pump balance System Controls Variable condenser water flowEffect of chiller load on water pumps and cooling tower fans Decoupled condenser-water systemCDWP-2 Failure recovery Failure RecoveryConclusion Glossary Pumps system GlossaryGlossary Plant. Idea 88th Annual Conference Proceedings 1997 ReferencesEngineering July References102 Ashrae IndexIndex 105 106 Page Trane

SYS-APM001-EN specifications

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