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REF : CD-2012-52 TUNIS ON : 03/12/2012

PROJECT: PENSION FUND HEAD OFFICE IN BENGHAZI SUBJECT : COMPARATIVE REPORT BETWEEN CHILLED WATER AND VRV SOLUTIONS

Dear Sirs, Reference to our last meeting in Benghazi, on 09/10/2012, and further to your request, you will find below a comparative study between the two above mentioned solutions: I. Description of HVAC system

The CSS Social Security BUILDING will be conditioned as follow : I.1. Old conception : I.1.1. In the initial design building with 7 floors and without multi-purpose hall: Each one of the following floors will be treated by :

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For offices and common areas in the ground and first floors o o o o o One outdoor air cooled condensing unit for each offices One or more Indoor ductable fan coil units for each conditioned space concealed in the false ceiling Simple refrigerant copper piping Power and control cables Remote and centralized controllers for operating the system

For floors two through sixth o o o o o ManyOutdoor air cooled condensing unit More indoorductable fan coil units for each spaces Simple refrigerant copper piping Power and control cables Remote and centralized controllers for operating the system

Specifications of VRV systems

Outdoor air cooled condensing unit: Equipped with an intelligent inverter-driven compressor enabling the modulation of the output of outdoor unit by the cooling or heating demands of the zone that it controls. The unit operates in heat pump mode and can be connected to many indoor units. Indoorductablefan coil units:ductable and ceiling concealed, each indoor unit incorporates an electronicexpansion valve that continually controls the flowrate of refrigerant. In this way, the VRV systemmaintains a nearly constant room temperaturewithout the typical temperature fluctuations thatoccur with a conventional ON/OFF control system.The extremely refined PID control maintains roomtemperature to within 0.5C of the set temperature Piping: Simple refrigerant copper piping equipped with easy to install special fittings and to provide greater design flexibility, thus eliminating the use of regular T-joints and headers. o Max. pipe length (Outdoor to farthest indoor units): up to 150 m o Between first branch and farthest indoor unit: up to 40m o Height difference between highest andlowest indoor units: up to 15m o Height difference between outdoor and indoor units:up to 50m Bureau dEtudes Techniques des Applications Energtiques
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Remote and centralized controllers for operating the system Includes: o Zone LCD remote controller for up to 10 zones which provides a host of operational functions, including multi-day programmability o Possibility of integration to open protocol building management systems via the BACNET and LONWORKS Gateways. o Monitoring individual zone for offices. Check airflow volume, and much more o Separate thermostat for each office or zone I.1.2. After the 7th floor addition which contains the multi-purpose hall and many spaces with important occupation : we are obliged to combine with the VRV system another HVAC system for The multi-purpose room in the seventh floor. This last space will be equipped with an air handling unit direct expansion (Roof Top unit) to be installed on the roof. For supply fresh air in different mixture box for each indoor DX fan coil unit we use 4 fresh air fun units on the roof equipped by a filter but without coil exchanger

I.2. New conception In the final design of the building with 8 floors and with multi-purpose hall in the seven floor and many spaces with important occupation: We choosed the following conception for HVAC system : There will be one chiller plant for the entire building composed of four air to water heat pumps to be installed on the roof. For offices and common areas in the ground and first floors: Air conditioning will be achieved through the use of fan coil units in all different spaces. Chilled and hot water will be routed in mechanical shafts. This system is the most appropriate solution for air conditioning since the offices will be rented utilities included and therefore there is no need for having separate AC units for billing purposes. Indeed, if each tenant was to pay for his own power consumption, then VRV would be more appropriate as an air conditioning system. For floors two through seven: For all the Social Security offices, open spaces and common areas, air conditioning will be achieved through the use of fan coil units in all different spaces. Chilled and hot water will be routed in mechanical shafts. Bureau dEtudes Techniques des Applications Energtiques
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Fresh air will be supplied by 4 air handling units located on the roof. The multi-purpose room in the seventh floor will be equipped with an air handling unit to be installed on the roof. You will find in the table hereinafter the reasons to choose the chilled water :

Different HVAC systems are evaluated below table to choose the most suitable solution to be implemented in the CSS Social Security BUILDING (office building):

Building use types

Separate offices; utilities not included in the rent Centralized chilled & hot water Decentralized variable refrigerant systems flow systems Comment Mark Comment Mark
Possibility of billing energy cost to different tenants Maintenance and operating conditions Operating cooling and heating simultaneously for buildings with important glazed surfaces A difficult task that requires special equipment and applications Centralizing the HVAC system implies the recruitment of a permanant maintenance team which will help better preserve the equipment --possible, since power will be provided to each system by the office's power meter Different tenants may not treat the HVAC equipment with all due care and carry necessary maintenance operations +++

Common or separate offices; utilities included in the rent Centralized chilled & hot water Decentralized variable refrigerant systems flow systems Comment Mark Comment Mark
Not needed since utilities are included in the rent Centralizing the HVAC system implies the recruitment of a permanant maintenance team which will help better preserve the equipment +++ Not needed since utilities are included in the rent Different tenants may not treat the HVAC equipment with all due care and carry necessary maintenance operations +++

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can not operate cooling and heating simultaneously

possibility of operating different systems under different modes

can not operate cooling and heating simultaneously

possibility of operating different systems under different modes

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Failure effect on the building Can reach the whole building if the failure causes the chiller plant to stop operating. Small capacity packaged heat pumps are equipped with water circulators and evaporator coil with low pressure ratings. Using this type of equipment will require a secondary pumps. Limited to the zone whose machine is out of service VRV is a centralized system for each apartment using refrigerant direct expansion instead of chilled water. The capacity of VRV systems to have high level difference between outdoor and indoor units (up to 50m) makes suitable for high rise buildings Only small shafts will be required since VRV uses refrigerants in small diameter pipes ++ Can reach the whole building if the failure causes the chiller plant to stop operating. big capacity packaged heat pumps are equipped with water circulators and evaporator coil with higt pressure ratings. Using this type of equipment we d'ont need a secondary pump. Limited to the zone whose machine is out of service VRV is a centralized system for each apartment using refrigerant direct expansion instead of chilled water. The capacity of VRV systems to have high level difference between outdoor and indoor units (up to 50m) makes suitable for high rise buildings Only small shafts will be required since VRV uses refrigerants in small diameter pipes Comparatively low efficiency ratios due to the use of traditional controls (on/off) Average (integration of fresh air with separate modules) limited solution in rating (no equivalent unit to chilled water) Complicated, congealed, cooling (0,5 kg / kW) distributed in all the installation ++

Water/Gaz circulation

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Need for mechanical shafts for water / refrigerant piping

Energyefficiency

Air quality

Terminal Units

Very large mechanical shafts will be needed since each apartment will require at two pipes of diameter no smaller than 130 mm (insulation included) VRV provides high energy efficiency ratios thanks to the inverter driven compressors and fans Excellent (easy possibility of fresh air integration in spaces having important ocupation) Big choice with possibility to install Air Hundling Unit for the big spaces Easy, stretchable, cooling (0,1 to 0,2 kg / kW) confined in the Chilled water

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Comparatively low efficiency ratios due to the use of traditional controls (on/off)

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Installation

Average (integration of fresh air with separate modules) limited solution in rating (no equivalent unit to chilled water) Complicated, congealed, cooling (0,5 kg / kW) distributed in all the installation

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Very large mechanical shafts will be needed since each apartment will require at two pipes of diameter no smaller than 130 mm (insulation included) VRV provides high energy efficiency ratios thanks to the inverter driven compressors and fans Excellent (easy possibility of fresh air integration in spaces having important ocupation) Big choice with possibility to install Air Hundling Unit for the big spaces Easy, stretchable, cooling (0,1 to 0,2 kg / kW) confined in the Chilled water

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Possibility to add other units Possible by simple pricking on the main network + Difficult and sometimes impossible due to the exact sections of the refrigerated connections to avoid the relaxation in the installation Possible by simple pricking on the main network + Difficult and sometimes impossible due to the exact sections of the refrigerated connections to avoid the relaxation in the installation -

Total marks

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Conclusion

Decentralized variable refrigerant flow HVAC systems are the most appropriate for buildings used as seraprate offices with utilities not included in the rent

Centralized chilled & hot water HVAC systems are the most appropriate for buildings used as common or separate offices with utilities included in the rent

Adding to the above mentioned reasons, Centralized chilled/hot water air conditioning system is selected because there is no need for separate power billing since all the
upper floors will be used by the same administration and the lower floors will be rented utilities included.

Best regards,

BETAE ENGINEERING MR BEN AMMAR BELHASSEN MECHANICALENGINEER

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