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A water-to-air cooling system (Figure 4-6) has a water-cooled

condenser and cooling tower on the heat rejection side. On the
heat pickup side there is an evaporator (refrigerant DX) coil in the
air handling units (AHU) or fan-coil units (FCU).

PROBLEM

Calculate heat removed by the cooling tower in Figure 4-7.

Btuh = gpm × 500 × TD
gpm = Btuh ÷ (500 × TD)
gpm = 192,810* ÷ (500 × 10)
(TD = 95°F – 85°F)(This TD is the tower range, TR)
gpm = 38.6
*Includes heat of compression from the compressor
HRF (Heat Rejection Factor) = 1.25
(1.25 × 154,248 Btuh coil load = 192,810 Btuh tower load)

AIR CONDITIONING COMPONENTS

VAPOR-COMPRESSION SYSTEM

Evaporators (heat picked up from the conditioned space)

Direct or Dry Expansion (DX)
Flooded

Condensers (heat rejected to the outside air)

Air-cooled
Water-cooled
Evaporative (combination of air and water cooled)

Compressors (pump)
Reciprocating (up to 200 tons of refrigeration, TR)
Constant volume
Centrifugal (80 to 10,000 TR)
Variable volume
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HVAC Fundamentals
Figure 4-6. Water-to Air AC System