DISTRICT COOLING SCHEME FOR KFUPM BUSINESS PARK

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SLA Submittal Title: Technical Document for Chiller (DAIKIN) 6301 Project Name: District Cooling Scheme for KFUPM Business Park

SLA Transmittal No: 667084-CA-0001 Client: Dhahran Valley Cooling Company (DVCC)

SLA Transmittal Date: 29-Mar-2020

DVCC COMMENTS SLA REPLY DVCC COMMENTS SLA REPLY STATUS

ITEM Rev.-- date by 20th Apr 2020 Rev.---- date by ----- 2020
Rev.00 date by 15th Mar-2020 Rev.01 date by 29th Mar- 2020 (Open /
No. Letter No.: DVCC-SLA-016 Letter No.: 667084-CA-------
Letter No.: DVCC-SLA-009 Letter No.: 667084-CA-1000 Closed)

Such a request cannot be fulfilled as the

Purchase Order is not placed yet. Detailed
components documents are normally produced
by the manufacturer after award and shall be
shared with DVCC with the closeout documents
at the end of the Project.
Meanwhile, and as per standard practice in all Agreed
projects, the important documents as listed below
which are required to approve the chillers are
already part of chiller submittal.
All items indicated in specification
1. section 15620, Part 1, Item 1.4 shall  Chiller datasheet
be submitted
 Motor datasheet
 Statement of Country of origin
 Chiller selection sheet
 Project compliance statement
 GA drawings
 RRU Details
 IOM manual etc. are already provided

It is presumed that all items referred

2. Confirmed. Agreed
to be done by others or by contractor
shall be done by SNC Lavalin
Only technical documents are normally submitted
3. Warranty shall be indicated in the for equipment approval. Warranty shall be as per 5-years warranty to be provided
submittal. the EPC Contract. from the startup date

Seismic type spring vibration isolator Spring isolators shall be provided. Seismic type
4. spring isolators are not required in the contract Agreed
is recommended instead of the
offered rubber type. specifications.

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DVCC COMMENTS
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Rev.00 date by 15th Mar-2020
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Evaporator and condenser marine
box shall be provided with 1"
5.
minimum air vent as per
specifications instead of the offered
½" air vent.
6. Rupture disc shall be provided as per
specifications.
Factory installed insulation is not
7. accepted. All insulation to be
furnished and installed at site as per
specifications.
8. The sound pressure level at one
meter at full load shall be indicated.
9. Field performance test shall be
provided as per specifications.
Refrigerant recovery unit shall be
sized to handle one chiller complete
10.
charge and to be 80% full at 50°C.
11.
Refrigerant monitor system has no
specific model or number of sensors
or layout showing the locations. It is
not clear the system is dedicated type
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SLA REPLY DVCC COMMENTS SLA REPLY STATUS
Rev.-- date by 20th Apr 2020 Rev.---- date by ----- 2020
Rev.01 date by 29th Mar- 2020 (Open /
Letter No.: DVCC-SLA-016 Letter No.: 667084-CA-------
Letter No.: 667084-CA-1000 Closed)
Please note that the marine box is provided with
½"as per standard manufacturer design
Not Acceptable; 1” shall be provided
Please note that there are additional air vents
provided on the connected CHW and CW
lines
Not applicable, Rupture disc are used only with
negative pressure chillers.
Daikin chillers are Positive pressure Design
which is having the benefit to avoid any air, Acceptable; subject to providing dual
moisture, or any other contaminants to seep into pressure relief valve.
the system
Please note that there is no technical justification
for this comment. Normally work performed by
the OEM is recommended since the chiller Aluminum Cladding shall be done at
parameters are considered accordingly. site
Sound pressure level at 1 m (dB) = 87
Please note that this item is already appearing in
the Material submittal. Please refer to Technical Shall be as per project specs
bid evaluation, and Page no 4 of 5, line no 109.
Performance testing shall be done by SNC Agreed
Lavalin as per Appendix 3 of the contract
documents
Comply.
Please note that compliance to these items was
already provided in the compliance statement, Agreed
please refer to section 2.11, RRU Item no B.
The proposed details of Refrigerant monitor
system are attached.
The specific details like datasheet shall be ready Agreed
only after award to chiller supplier during detail
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or not (to display specific sensing
element near the leakage point).
Some of the motor curves/graphs
don't match the indicated electrical
12. parameters in the motor data sheet
and chiller technical data sheet, to be
revised.
Soft starter data sheet and technical
submittal are to be reviewed with the
motor data sheet.
13.
Motor performance curves and start-
up calculation using soft starter are to
14. be provided.
The reduced starting current and
torque that will be achieved by soft
starter are to be coordinated and
revised with motor thermal limits
15.
curves (Acceleration time, etc.)
16.
The heat generated from the chiller’s
specified number of starts per hour
is to be coordinated with motor &
soft starter stack thermal cooling
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Rev.-- date by 20th Apr 2020 Rev.---- date by ----- 2020
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Letter No.: DVCC-SLA-016 Letter No.: 667084-CA-------
Letter No.: 667084-CA-1000 Closed)
design.
Please note that the layout and the location of the
part is a part of detail design which is
not required at the approval stage of the chiller.
Please check "Annexure 3" for revised technical
selection sheet. Also, it shall be noted that
906.1kW mentioned in the motor data sheet is
the input power and 870kW mentioned in the Noted
motor curves is the motor output power.
The chiller vendor only provides the motor along
with details like motor datasheet and curves
based on the input of the motor vendor. Soft
starter is provided by others.
The soft starter was already submitted as a part Agreed
of different material submittal and technically it
should not hold the approval of the chiller
material submittal.
Preliminary motor performance curves have been
attached. Further, motor starting analysis and
Torque-current-speed characteristics for reduced Agreed
voltage starting will be prepared during detailed
engineering. Based on the present data, we do
not see any concerns in motor starting.
Reduced voltage and starting current curves (up
to 65% of rated voltage) and its acceleration time
with respect to motor thermal limit curves are
provided, which shows that the motor is not
exceeding its thermal limits. Please refer to curve Agreed
titled “% of FLA Curve”.
Further, Torque-current-speed characteristics for
reduced voltage starting will be prepared during
detailed engineering.
Noted and will be verified as part of detailed
engineering. Agreed
Start to start timer by default for chiller is 40
minutes (1 start an hour, but it can be adjusted
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down curve.
Interconnection cabling between soft
starter and chiller is to be provided to
revise the chiller's auxiliary loads
power feeding sources (from soft
17. starter or from building services).
Motor termination box size is to be
18.
coordinated with 13.8KV design
cables cross-sectional areas.
Some of the presented data doesn't
match project power supply
characteristics kindly refer to page 2
19. in motor cooling design section).
Control panel ambient temperature
rating is to be coordinated with
design ambient limits/ratings for the
chiller hall.
20.
Hinged marine box for both sides of
condenser and evaporator and
21. marine water boxes sand tube sheets
plates shall be factory applied
ceramic coating.
22.
Part load testing shall be as per the
specification (constant entering
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Date: 06/02/2020
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SLA REPLY DVCC COMMENTS SLA REPLY STATUS
Rev.-- date by 20th Apr 2020 Rev.---- date by ----- 2020
Rev.01 date by 29th Mar- 2020 (Open /
Letter No.: DVCC-SLA-016 Letter No.: 667084-CA-------
Letter No.: 667084-CA-1000 Closed)
down to 15 minutes‐ 4 starts an hour).
Interconnection wiring diagram will be prepared
during detailed engineering. Agreed
As far as the chiller auxiliary loads are
concerned, each chiller will be provided with 1
No. 3 phase 400V power supply from Chiller
Auxiliary DB (DB-CHOP-XXX). From this power
supply, all auxiliaries of chiller will be powered.
Step-down transformers will be used where
required.
Noted. This shall be part of the detail design.
Agreed
This is an example only to demonstrate that the
motor data declared in terms of usable kW is less
than the tested values Agreed
(because the supplier (Regal) tests in ambient air
and the motors are finally cooled by refrigerant
without external power supply or any external
chilled water connection)
Chiller shall be able to operate at an ambient of
50°C for a couple of hours during startup.
For sustained operation, please refer to IOM
(IOM mentions 40°C as max ambient operation)
Agreed
The chiller hall is air conditioned @ 35 ° C.
Moreover, as per Contract, all electrical
equipment installed inside the building shall be
selected to operate at 35°C and therefore, the
control panel is suitable for operation under the
above ambient condition.
Hinged marine box is considered as per
Contractual project scope document (App 7).
Please note that ceramic coating is not required
Ceramic Coating for Condenser is
as per Contractual project scope document and
required.
hence not considered.
Part load testing as per specification is
confirmed.
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DVCC COMMENTS SLA REPLY DVCC COMMENTS SLA REPLY STATUS

ITEM Rev.-- date by 20th Apr 2020 Rev.---- date by ----- 2020
Rev.00 date by 15th Mar-2020 Rev.01 date by 29th Mar- 2020 (Open /
No. Letter No.: DVCC-SLA-016 Letter No.: 667084-CA-------
Letter No.: DVCC-SLA-009 Letter No.: 667084-CA-1000 Closed)
Please note that Zero tolerance is only applicable All Part Load Testing shall be done at
temp.), tolerance is not acceptable as
at 100% chiller load on capacity and power. Zero Tolerance
proposed.
Other than 100% load points, the AHRI tolerance
shall be applicable as per industry practice and
as per all previous projects executed for Saudi
Tabreed.
NPLV Value = 0.5622 kW/TR as indicated in
The NPLV@ Zero tolerance (0.8297
attached selection sheet "Annexure 3" however
kW/Tr) is very high. Daikin to confirm
0.8297 kW/TR is the performance
the NPLV@ Zero tolerance.
at 4 points when keeping Constant condenser
water temperature through all the four points. As per Appendix.3 NPLV Value of
23. 0.5622 kW/TR is at AHRI Tolerance
Please note that NPLV plays a significant role not at Zero Tolerance
when the part load design condition is not known
and chiller is selected based on unknown part
load operating scenario.

This request is not part of Contract.

Daikin to provide HFO refrigerant
24. option.
Noted

This request is not part of Contract.

Daikin to advise on the impact of
25. chiller capacity and efficiency
Noted
should the chiller be replaced with
possible HFO refrigerant in future.
@75%: 43.1 deg F
The minimum acceptable chilled
@50%: 41.9 deg F
water temp. Mentioned is 50.5 deg F
26. @25%: 40.7 deg F Agreed
@ full load. Daikin confirm the
minimum acceptable chilled temp. At
75%, 50% at 25% load.
As per Contractual vendor list the motor from
27. Country of origin of Motor shall be
China is acceptable and considered accordingly. Agreed
Europe or USA.
As per data sheet, the motor power factor at
Motor Power factor 0.96 to be
100% load is 0.891. The power factor will be
28. complied with the specifications.
improved to 0.94 (as per Contract) using Power Shall be as per the contract
Factor Correction Capacitors.

29. Comply Noted

Number of thermal sensors for motors

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shall be 6 nos. (2 per phase).
Proposed 3 nos. not acceptable.
Chiller selection data sheet shall be
with AHRI authentication with
30.
date/time and version number of the
software.
Oil filter differential pressure switch
31. shall be factory installed.
Motor service factor shall be
preferably 1.15 or minimum 1.10.
32.
All electrical supply shall be 60 Hz as
33. per the local regulation.
Daikin's procedure for shipment and
34.
field performance testing shall be
submitted
Oil flow indicator is required.
35.
36. Vibration test shall be as per
specifications.
37.
Daikin to advise the impact of
elevated CWET on the chiller
performance.
Form No.: 67084-A-40SN-0000-0001
Rev. No.: 00
Date: 06/02/2020
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SLA REPLY DVCC COMMENTS SLA REPLY STATUS
Rev.-- date by 20th Apr 2020 Rev.---- date by ----- 2020
Rev.01 date by 29th Mar- 2020 (Open /
Letter No.: DVCC-SLA-016 Letter No.: 667084-CA-------
Letter No.: 667084-CA-1000 Closed)
Customized chiller has been selected to meet
project requirements rated in accordance with the
AHRI Standard. Third party shall be appointed by
Daikin to verify the Performance
Comply with oil pressure regulation valve Agreed
The service factor is not applicable for the
Hermetic motors. However Please refer to the
material submittal section C, Motor datasheet Agreed. The compliance statement
and Curve, letter from Daikin dated 24th Sept confirming SF of 1.15 shall be
2019, confirming the service factor of the motor amended
as 1.15.
Please refer to the section B and C of the
material submittal for specific chiller datasheet
and motor datasheet, it is clearly mentioned 60 Agreed
Hz as per project requirements.
Performance testing procedures will be submitted
prior to performance testing stage. Noted
Low net oil pressure alarm (feed pressure – the
sump pressure) are provided to ensure oil
movement. Agreed
Refer to MOS for vibration test "Annexure 6".
Noted
@ 96 °F : Maximum Capacity will be =
2228/Chiller
@ 96.5 °F : Maximum Capacity will be =
2210.8/Chiller. Noted
@ 97.5 °F : Maximum Capacity will be =
2175/Chiller.
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REVIEW COMMENTS SHEET

DVCC COMMENTS SLA REPLY DVCC COMMENTS SLA REPLY STATUS

ITEM Rev.-- date by 20th Apr 2020 Rev.---- date by ----- 2020
Rev.00 date by 15th Mar-2020 Rev.01 date by 29th Mar- 2020 (Open /
No. Letter No.: DVCC-SLA-016 Letter No.: 667084-CA-------
Letter No.: DVCC-SLA-009 Letter No.: 667084-CA-1000 Closed)

Warranty shall be in accordance with the 5-years warranty to be provided

38. Warranty Period 5 years for full
requirement of the Contract. from the startup date
chiller
Number of attendees for any Factory witnessed Factory Test to be witnessed by 6
Factory Test to be witnessed by 6
39. test shall be in accordance with the Contract. persons
people

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