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Industrial Chillers:

Industrial chillers can be air-cooled or water-cooled.

Water-cooled chillers incorporate the use of cooling towers which improve
Advertise HERE!!! the chiller’s thermodynamic effectiveness as compared to air-cooled chillers.
This is due to heat rejection at or near the air's wet-bulb temperature rather
than the sometimes much higher dry-bulb temperature.

There are typically four types of compressors used on chillers.

These are reciprocating, centrifugal, and screw and scroll.
These can be powered by electric, steam, or gas turbine power.
They produce their cooling effect through a process known as vapor-
compression.

Absorption chillers are also a type of industrial chiller.

The absorption chiller’s thermodynamic cycle is driven by an external heat
source. These heat sources can come from steam, hot water, or combustion.
Absorption chillers have very low electrical power requirements compared to
electrically powered chillers.
However, the heat source demand can be large and for the same tonnage
capacity, they require much larger cooling towers than vapor-compression
chillers.
Absorption chillers are considered very energy efficient where inexpensive,
high grade heat or waste heat is available.

Industrial chillers are usually complete, packaged, closed-loop systems.

They include the chiller, condenser, pumps, associated valves and
temperature control systems.
A closed loop industrial chiller circulates a coolant or water (with additives) at
a constant set temperature and pressure.
The coolant or water flows from the chiller to the application point of use and
back.

Most industrial chillers use refrigeration as the cooling process.

Some rely on air or water flowing over coils containing the coolant to regulate
temperature.
Water is the most commonly used coolant within process chillers, although
coolant mixtures (mostly water with a coolant additive to enhance heat
dissipation) are frequently employed.

A newer development in industrial water chillers is the use of water cooling

instead of air cooling.
In this system the condenser does not cool the refrigerant with air, water is
used.
The water is cooled by a cooling tower. This reduces the energy requirements
allows a reduction in the size of the chiller.
This is due to the small surface area of the condenser and the absence of
cooling fans. The absence of fans also reduces noise levels.

When determining the specifications for an industrial chiller the following should be
considered:

Power source
chiller rating
chiller cooling capacity
evaporator capacity
 evaporator material
evaporator type
condenser material
condenser capacity,
ambient temperature
fan type
noise level limits
piping and plumbing materials,
number of compressors
type of compressor
number of circuits,
coolant requirements
refrigerant type
fluid leaving temperature
efficiency expectations

Pump sizes are also important. This will be driven by flow, pressure, pump material,
motor voltage, motor electrical class, motor rating and pump rating.

Industrial chiller control features that should be considered when selecting between
industrial chillers include the local control panel, remote control panel, fault
indicators, temperature indicators, and pressure indicators. Additional considerations
include emergency alarms, hot gas bypass, water switchover, and mobility.

The following are some of the manufacturers and providers of industrial chillers and
industrial chiller related parts, equipment, and services:

Advantage Engineering
Alta Refrigeration, Inc.
Berg Chilling Systems
Bitzer
Bohn Refrigeration
Carrier
Chiller Resources, Inc.
CIMCO Refrigeration
Cooling Technologies
Dunham Bush
FES Systems
Frick
Gartner Refrigeration & Manufacturing, Inc.
Grasso
Industrial Refrigeration Systems
Matsu Chilling Systems
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
McQuay
Mokon
Mycom
NuTemp
Reco
River City Industrial
Simco
Stahl
Sullair
Tecogen
Tempest
Toromont
Trane
Unitrol Electronics
Universal Industrial Refrigeration
Vilter
Whaley Products
York

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