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5) Locating portions of process equipment in chase ways, with clean access on the

room side, can decrease floor space requirements as well as lessening heat gain and

exhaust needs.

6) Carefully evaluate the air distribution system. The major energy savings can accrue

from the air distribution. The fan energy is proportional to the volume of air and the

total static pressure used. Any reduction in the air velocity and filter coverage shall

lead to the reduction in Fan HP. Some of the ways to optimize the static pressure are

#"Minimize obstructions to air flow, run straight duct lengths and avoid arbitrary
zigzags

#"Select cooling coils, sound attenuators and filters with low air pressure drop

#"Keep low face velocity

#"Select high efficiency filters. Higher-performance air filters clean supply air
more efficiently, resulting in a reduction of energy consumption.

#"Avoid excessive safety margins

As a rule of thumb every 1” wg static pressure shall result in 1.1° F rise in

temperature of air.

7) The greatest single HVAC load in a typical clean room is the heat load from outside

air. A large amount of outside air is needed for makeup exhaust losses & leakages

and also for clean zone pressurization requirements. Build tight and ventilate right

should be the design principle. (refer part III, section 3 for details)

8) Specifying high efficiency components, including high efficiency motors and fans,

chillers and other equipment.

9) Variable-speed drives: When used in air re-circulation, make-up, and exhaust fan

motors, these drives use 15-30% less energy than constant-speed drives.

10) Consider separate make up and re-circulation AHU units. Provide re-circulation

AHUs with sensible conditioning apparatus and make-up AHUs with sensible and

dehumidifying coils

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