Trane TRG-TRC016-EN Air Conditioner User Manual


 
TRG-TRC016-EN ii
Contents
period one Types of Water Chillers ...................................... 1
Vapor-Compression Water Chillers .......................... 3
Air-Cooled or Water-Cooled Condensing .................. 6
Packaged or Split Components .............................. 11
Absorption Water Chillers ...................................... 15
Equipment Rating Standards ................................. 18
period two Chilled-Water System Design ........................ 26
Load-Terminal Control ........................................... 28
Parallel Configuration ............................................. 35
Series Configuration .............................................. 38
Primary-Secondary System Operation .................... 53
period three System Variations ............................................. 59
Alternate Fuel Choice ............................................ 59
Low-Flow Systems ............................................... 61
Variable-Primary-Flow Systems .............................. 64
Preferential Loading .............................................. 66
Heat Recovery ...................................................... 68
Asymmetric Design ............................................... 72
“Free” Cooling ...................................................... 75
Application Outside the Operating Range
of the Chiller
......................................................... 78
period four Chiller-Plant Control .......................................... 79
Chiller Sequencing ................................................ 82
Failure Recovery and Contingency Planning ........... 90
System Tuning ...................................................... 92
System Optimization ............................................. 96
Operator Interface ............................................... 100
period five Review ................................................................. 103
Quiz ....................................................................... 108
Answers .............................................................. 110
Glossary .............................................................. 112