Chiller Plants
Chillers are ubiquitous and are used to lower the temperature of a fluid or a process. Heat is then rejected to the ambient through cooling towers. Cooling towers have a direct impact on a water-cooled chiller’s energy consumption. They are also the main source of water consumption at a chiller plant. Infinite Cooling enables the efficient and sustainable operation of chiller plants.
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Energy consumption
Chiller plants consume significant energy through chiller compressor motors, pumps, and cooling towers. While choosing an energy-efficient chiller is important, the efficiency of the cooling tower is equally important. The colder the cooling tower water is, the more efficient the chiller is. Infinite Cooling provides analytics to optimize the combined operation of chillers and cooling towers, and to identify possible cooling tower upgrades to minimize energy consumption.
UP TO
15%↓
DECREASE IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Water consumption
Chiller plants often use municipal potable water for their cooling towers. Water makeup costs are significant and have been rapidly increasing. Sewer costs for blowdown can also be high. Infinite Cooling solutions allows chiller plants to minimize their water use through optimization and upgrades. They ensure no water is wasted in leaks or other inefficiencies. They also monitor various streams to ensure makeup and sewer fees are only paid for the volumes of water actually used.
UP TO
90%↓
REDUCTION IN SEWER BILLS
Maintenance Costs
Chiller plants are often optimized through the use of Variable frequency drives (VFDs) on various equipment. This results in variable operation that can stress rotating equipment and also cause unintended fouling and scaling issues on heat transfer surfaces. Infinite Cooling monitors cooling efficiency in real time and its algorithms provide recommendations on better operating profiles and preventative maintenance tasks to minimize maintenance costs and downtime.
UP TO
50%↓
REDUCTION IN MAINTENANCE COSTS
