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Application Considerations

Equipment Certification Standards

The Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Institute (ARI) establishes rating standards
for packaged HVAC equipment. ARI also certifies and labels equipment through
programs that involve random testing of a manufacturer’s equipment to verify
published performance.
The overall objective of ARI Standard 550/590–1998 is to promote consistent
rating and testing methods for all types and sizes of water chillers, with an
accurate representation of actual performance. It covers factory-designed,
prefabricated water chillers, both air-cooled and water-cooled, using vapor-
compression refrigeration. This generally includes chillers with centrifugal,
helical-rotary (screw), reciprocating, or scroll compressors.
The standard rating conditions used for ARI certification represent typical
design temperatures and flow rates for which water-cooled and air-cooled
systems are designed. They are not suggestions for good design practice for a
equipment certification standards

ARI Standard 550/590

▲Purpose
◆Establish definitions, testing,
and rating requirements
▲Scope
◆Factory designed and
prefabricated water chillers
◆Vapor-compression
refrigeration
◆Air-cooled and water-cooled
condensing
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equipment certification standards
ARI Standard 550/590
▲Standard rating conditions
◆Common system conditions for published ratings
◆Fouling factor
▲Integrated Part Load Value (IPLV)
◆Part-load efficiency rating
◆Based on an “average” single-chiller installation
◆Standard operating conditions
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