Optimizing design and control of chilled water plants. 1. Chilled water distribution system selection.

Author(s) : TAYLOR S. T.

Type of article: Article

Summary

This article is the first in a series of five that summarize chilled water plant design techniques intended to help engineers optimize plant design and control with little or no added engineering effort. In this part, a simple look-up table is provided to allow designers to select a “near optimum” chilled water distribution system based on their application without having to do any rigorous life-cycle cost or system analysis.