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Belimo Energy Valve™Delta T Manager™
Presentation Agenda
• Low Delta T at the Coil• Some of Low Delta T Causes• Low Delta T
• Cost of Overflowing Coil• Cost of Chiller Staging• Cost of Over Pumping• Occupant Comfort
• Does it Really Work?• Benefits
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Low Delta Tat the Coil
Low Coil Delta T = Inefficient Heat Transfer
Increase GPM >> No Increase in Energy output
More Pump HP >> Reduction in Plant Efficiency
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Low Delta TSome of Low Delta T Causes
• Low Control Set Point
• Fouled Coils
• Low Valve Authority
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Low Delta TCoil Power vs Delta T Behavior
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Delta T Curve
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Low Delta TCost of Overflowing the Coil…
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Pump hp Hp increase = (65/55)3 65%
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Low Delta TCost of Overflowing the Coil…
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Delta T Manager™Cost of Chiller Staging
Chiller Plant Efficiency
• Design ΔT=12oF (54oF - 42oF)
• 360 GPM
• 1 Chiller, 90% Load (180 Ton)
Design Condition
360 GPM Loop flow
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Chiller Plant Efficiency
Low ΔT
• ΔT=10.4oF (52.4oF - 42oF)
• 415 GPM• 2 Chillers, 45% Load (180 Ton)
No change to the load, but a 2nd Pump and 2nd Chiller are started.
415 GPM Loop flow
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Delta T Manager™Cost of Chiller Staging
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Low Delta TCost of Over Pumping
Wasted Pumping
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Delta T Manager Signal
DDC Signal
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Delta T Manager On
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Delta T Manager™Occupant Comfort
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“How can I let the Delta T Manager limit flow if it doesn’t measure discharge air temperature?
What about occupant comfort?!?”
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Delta T Manager adjusts the valve if the ΔT drops below the set point in order to maintain peak coil efficiency
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Power Saturation
Virtually No Power Reduction
Delta TSet Point
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Does it really work?
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Case StudyLarge Tech Company in North Carolina
Position Control240 GPM
144 GPM
96 GPM
Flow Control
DT Management
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Case StudyMIT University Hayden Library - Boston, MA
Building and Project Details• 150,000 sq. ft. on 3 floors• 6 AHU provide majority of the cooling
Results• Aug 9 - Oct 9, 2010
DT = 6.15°F
• Aug 9 - Oct 9, 2011DT = 12.14°F
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Case StudyUniversity of Miami Hospital
Building and Project Details• Rosenstiel Building• 11 AHUs• 2600 Tons of Cooling• Over 10,000 GPM
Results• Delta T raised from
5.5°F to 10.5°F• Flow ~ 5600 GPM• Estimated $66,000/yr savings• Estimated 2.9 year payback
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Delta T Manager™Benefits
• Coil• ΔT Managing for peak coil efficiency• Optimization in retro-fit applications
• Chiller Plant• Improved chilled water plant efficiency • Released chiller capacity
• Pump• Reduced pump energy
• Occupant Comfort• No reduction in supplied energy
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