Assumption

Chiller COP = 6.0

Chiller Capacity = 1750 kW ( 497 RT)
T for chilled and condenser water = 6 Deg C
Pump head for chilled water pump = 30 m
Pump head for condenser water pump = 20 m
kW for cooling tower fan = 10 kW
pump efficiency for chilled water and condenser water = 75%
a) calculation of flow rate

Q = m Cp T
where Q = cooling load (kW), m= l/s (flow rate), Cp = 4.18 kJ/kg.K , T = deg C
- For chilled water,
1750 = l/s x 4.18 x 6 => chilled water flow rate l/s = 69.77 l/s ~ 70 l/s (Ans:)
- For condenser water,
Q condenser = Q cooling load (kWcool ) + electrical kW to compressor (kWe)
= 1750 + (Q cooling load)/COP
= 1750 + 1750/6
= 2042 kW
Q = m Cp T
2042 = l/s x 4.18 x 6 => condenser water flow rate l/s = 81.42 l/s (Ans:)
b) Calculation of EER
EER = COP x 3.412
= 6 x 3.412 = 20.47 (Ans:)
c) Checking for code compliances
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For chilled water pump

Motor kW = (flow rate x pump head) / motor efficiency

= (l/s) ( P kPa) (specific gravity)/ (1000x pump eff: x motor eff
CHWP (kW) = (70 l/s x 30m x 9.8 kPa/m x 1000 kg/m3) / (1000 x 0.75)
= 27.44 kW
CHWP (kW/m3/s) = 27.44/(70 x 1000) = 392 kW/m3/s ( which is higher than
limitation valve of 349 kW/m3/s at SS 553, clause 10.5.1.1)
Chilled Water Pump specification does not comply with SS553 (Ans:)

For condenser water pump

CWP (kW) = (81.4 l/s x 20m x 9.8 kPa/m x 1000 kg/m3) / (1000 x 0.75)
= 21.3 kW
CWP (kW/m3/s) = 21.3/(81.4 x 1000) = 262 kW/m3/s ( which is lower than limitation
valve of 301 kW/m3/s at SS 553, clause 10.5.1.1)
Condenser Water Pump specification does comply with SS553 (Ans:)
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For Cooling Tower ( assume as axial fan )

Cooling tower performance = water flow rate / kW of motor

= 81.42 l/s / 10 kW
= 8.142 which is higher than performance required value
of 3.23 at SS 530, Table 3)
Cooling Tower specification does comply with SS530 (Ans:)
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For Chiller System Performance

Need to calculate kW/RT for each equipments.

kW/RT ( CHWP) = 27.44 / 497 = 0.0552
kW/RT ( CWP) = 21.3 / 497 = 0.0428
kW/RT ( CT) = 10 / 497 = 0.0201
kW/RT ( Chiller) = 3.517 / COP = 3.517 / 6 = 0.5861
Kw/RT (System ) = 0.0552 + 0.0428 + 0.0201 + 0.5861 = 0.7042
The system efficiency (kW/RT) is lower than minimum energy efficiency of 0.745
kW/RT at SS530,

If the building is new, can get GREEN MARK GOLD, (Ans;)

If the building is existing one, can get GREEN MARK GOLD PLUS.
(Ans:)