Effect of using Cooling Tower Exit Air on the Air-cooled Chillers for Air-conditioning Applications |
Author(s): |
| Sharad Chaudhary , Institute of Engineering & Technology, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore |
Keywords: |
| Air Cooled Chiller, Vapour compression Cycle, Ducting Arrangement, Coefficient of Performance (COP) |
Abstract |
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Air cooled chillers, one of the most widely used chillers for air-conditioning applications, are restricted to areas where the ambient temperatures are below 40oC. The compressor requires excess power and the refrigerating effect is also reduced thereby reducing the Coefficient of Performance (COP). One of the ways to lower the condenser temperature in such a chiller if blowing cooler air over the condenser coils. This could be achieved by using the cooled and humid air out of the cooling tower exit. The paper provides the estimation to enhance the performance of air-cooled chiller by blowing the cooling tower exhaust air to the condenser coils by a proposed ducting arrangement. The performance of the chillers was increased by 16% in addition to other benefit as regards to maintenance. |
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Paper ID: IJSRDV4I30896 Published in: Volume : 4, Issue : 3 Publication Date: 01/06/2016 Page(s): 851-854 |
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