Chilling Plant

Application GuideAG 31-003-1

Chiller Plant Design

Elevation DifferenceColumn HeightWhen Pump Is Off

Building Load600 Tons(50% Load)Secondary Pump1440 gpm480 gpm Flow ThroughDecoupler FlowTwo 400 Ton ChillersEach At 300 Tons(Balanced Load)51.5F Return Water To Chiller Chiller 1- OnChiller 2- OnChiller 3- Off 44F44F54F Two Primary PumpsEach At 960 gpm51.5F

2Application Guide AG 31-003-1

Table of Contents

Introduction.................................................................................................................4

Using This Guide...............................................................................................................................4

Basic System...............................................................................................................4

Water Temperatures and Ranges...............................................................................25

Air and Evaporatively Cooled Chillers.....................................................................28

Air-Cooled Chillers.........................................................................................................................28Evaporatively Cooled Chillers.........................................................................................................30

Dual Compressor and VFD Chillers.........................................................................31

Dual Compressor Chillers................................................................................................................31VFD Chillers...................................................................................................................................31System Design Changes...................................................................................................................32

Mechanical Room Safety..........................................................................................34

Standard 34......................................................................................................................................34Standard 15......................................................................................................................................34

Single Chiller System................................................................................................38

Basic Operation...............................................................................................................................38Basic Components...........................................................................................................................38Single Chiller Sequence of Operation..............................................................................................39

Parallel Chiller System..............................................................................................41

Basic Operation...............................................................................................................................41Basic Components...........................................................................................................................41Parallel Chiller Sequence of Operation...........................................................................................42

Series Chillers...........................................................................................................44

Primary/Secondary Systems......................................................................................51

Application Guide AG 31-003-13

Water-Side Free Cooling...........................................................................................61

Hybrid Plants.............................................................................................................66Heat Recovery and Templifiers™.............................................................................67

Variable Primary Flow Design..................................................................................75

Low Delta T Syndrome.............................................................................................80

Low Delta T Example......................................................................................................................80Low Delta T Syndrome Causes and Solutions.................................................................................82Other Solutions................................................................................................................................84

Process Applications.................................................................................................86

Minimum Chilled Water Volume..............................................................................89

Estimating System Volume..............................................................................................................89Evaluating System Volume..............................................................................................................89

Conclusions...............................................................................................................92References.................................................................................................................93

The information contained within this document represents the opinions and suggestions of McQuay International. Equipment, the application of the equipment, and the systemsuggestions are offered by McQuay International as suggestions only, and McQuayInternational does not assume responsibility for the performance of any system as a result of these suggestions. Final responsibility for the system design and performance lies with thesystem engineer.

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