Tactics to optimize the energy efficiency of a chiller system with multiple air-cooled chillers

Energy and the Environment - Proceedings of the International Conference on Energy and the Environment

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1419-1424

  Chan, Kwoktai ^a   Yu, Fuwing ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air cooled; Condensing temperature; Multiple chiller staging; Part load efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DATA REDUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; REFRIGERATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

AIR-COOLED; CONDENSING TEMPERATURE; MULTIPLE-CHILLER STAGGING; PART LOAD EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 2642572036     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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