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Learn about the components and characteristics of a chilled water system in commercial buildings, including constant volume distribution, 3-way valve zoning, and system performance.
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FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Chilled Water SystemPresentation
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Constant VolumeDistribution
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Air-conditioning SystemComponents
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Constant Volume SystemComponents
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Typical 3-way Valve Zone
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Full Load Condition
FLOWTHINKING Fully LoadedCoil COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES • Supply watertemperature • Design return watertemp. • Coil designflow • Coil design pressuredrop • Load (flow x 10Fx500) • Coil P @ designflow • Bypassflow • BypassP • 3-way valve pressuredrop • Pump flow andhead • Actual return watertemp 45F 55F 100GPM 20FT 500,000Btuh 20FT 0GPM 3-way valveclosed 10FT 100 GPM @ 30FT 55F
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES UnloadedCondition
FLOWTHINKING UnloadedCoil COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES • Supply watertemperature • Design return watertemp. • Coil design flow • Coil design pressuredrop • Load (flow x 10Fx500) • Coil P @ designflow • Bypass flow • Bypass P • 3-way valve pressuredrop • Pump flow andhead • Actual return water temp 45F 55F 0GPM 3-way valveclosed 0.0 Btuh 0 FT 100GPM 20FT 10FT 100 GPM @ 30FT 45F
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES So What? • When the load on the coil is zero, the valve is returning “unused” chilled water at essentially supplytemperature. • Cold return water “unloads” the chillers, causing them to operate inefficiently.
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Part LoadCondition
FLOWTHINKING Partially LoadedCoil COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES • Supply watertemperature • Design return watertemp. • Coil designflow • Coil design pressuredrop • Load (flow x 10Fx500) • Coil P @ designflow • Bypassflow • BypassP • 3-way valve pressuredrop • Pump flow andhead • Actual return watertemp 45F 55F 50GPM 20FT 250,000Btuh 5FT ???GPM 3-way partially closed 10FT ??? GPM @ 30FT ??F
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES 3-way Valve Characteristic 1/2 Through Coil 1/2 ThroughBypass 125 100 75 50 25 0 FullFlow ThroughBypass FullFlow ThroughCoil %Flow 25 5075100 % ValveStroke
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES What’s Really Happening?
FLOWTHINKING Coil with 3-way Valve atMid-position COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES • Supply watertemperature • Design return watertemp. • Load (flow x 10Fx500) 45F 55F 250,000Btuh 20FT 62.5GPM 7.8FT 53F 62.5GPM 7.8FT 10FT 125 GPM @ 30FT 49 F (62.5 GPM @ 53F+ 62.5 GPM @ 45F) • Coil design pressuredrop • Coilflow • Coil P @ 62.5%flow • Coil leaving watertemp • Bypassflow • BypassP • 3-way valve pressuredrop • Pump flow andhead • Actual return watertemp
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Head2 = Head1(Flow2/Flow1)2 Head2 = 20(.625/1)2 Head2 = 20(.3906) Head2 =7.8
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES T = Load/ Flow X500 T = 250,000/62.5 X500 T =8 Therefore, LWTcoil = 45 + 8 =53
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES RWT = (Flow1 X EWT + Flow2 X LWT)/ Flow1 +2 RWT = (62.5 X 45 + 62.5 X53)/125 RWT =49
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES 3-way Valve in MidPosition
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES 3-way Valve SystemDeficiencies Low return water temperatures. Robs chilled water from other coils at part loadconditions. Increases flow in primary piping. 4.Adds additional chillers online. 5.Chiller performance isreduced.
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Chiller Performance Curve 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 102030405060708090100 PercentLoad KW perTon
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Pump Sizing • Select for full chillerflow • Head must be adequate for: • Chiller evaporator • Longestcircuit • Coil • Three wayvalve • Air separator
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES SystemConfiguration ConstantVolume
FLOWTHINKING Variable Volume ConstantSpeed COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Primary – SecondarySystem Primary– Circuit Includes Chillers & Primary Pump. Constant water flow through the chiller is maintained and chilled water is produced Secondary – Chilled water is circulated tothe Circuit demand area (load) by using Secondary pumps.
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES PRIMARY -SECONDARY
FLOWTHINKING Other Famous Names of Primary- Secondary COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Primary – ProductionLoop Secondary – DistributionLoop
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES FundamentalIdea
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES No Secondary Flow
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Primary =Secondary
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Primary >Secondary
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Primary <Secondary
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Control Valve in Secondary
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES • Common Pipe DesignCriteria • Use the flow of the largestchiller • Chiller staging at half of this flow iscommon • Head loss in common <1 1/2ft • Distribution pipe size is often used where reductions would be inconvenient • Three pipe diameters betweentees • Excessive length increases total headloss • Low velocities in systempiping
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Control Valve in Secondary Variable flow through coil Constant flow throughsystem Variable flow through coil Variable flow throughsystem Three WayValve Two WayValve
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Variable Volume Constant Speed PRIMARY – SECONDARYCIRCUIT
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Control Valves Change the Secondary SystemCurve H1 H2 H3 Head F1 F2 F3 Flow
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Head Absorbed by 2-wayValves Pumpcurve TDH ofpump 150 125 Varyingdifferential pressure absorbed by controlvalve HD 100 75 50 Systemresistance 25 25 50 75 100 %Flow
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Pump HorsepowerComparison 150 Constant Flow Primary Pumps,only 125 HP 100 75 SecondaryPumps+ 50 Primary Pumps =V/V 25 5075 % DesignFlow 25 100
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Constant vsVariableVolume 150 140 Constant Flow, C/S Pump Pump Over-haded by 150% (3 W ayValve) C/S Pump (2 W ayValve) 130 120 110 100 Base Design HP% Pump HD M atched to System@ DesignFlow Constant Flow, C/S Pump (3 W ayValve) 90 80 70 C/S Pump (2 WayValve) 60 50 % Full Load (Design)HP 40 30 20 10 0 102030405060708090100 %Flow
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Production =Distribution
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Distribution > Production
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Production >Distribution
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES “Loading” aChiller • A chiller is a heattransferdevice. Like most equipment, itis most efficient at fullload. • To “load” a chillermeans: • Supply it with its rated flow ofwater • Insure that water is warm enough to permit removal of rated Btu without freezing thewater
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Chiller Performance Curve 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 102030405060708090100 PercentLoad KW perTon
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES Check Valve inCommon?
FLOWTHINKING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSERVICES What can we do?