The AHU From
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The AHU From
A Case Study Presented by
David Sellers
Portland Energy Conservation Inc.
INLAND EMPIRE CHAPTER
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At the time this was all going on, the clean room conditions were stable and within specifications; 68°F+1-1/2°F, 45%+3%
relative humidity.
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Space condition
Outdoor condition
Leaving preheat coil
Leaving fans
Leaving reheat coil
Leaving cooling coil, as found
condition
Leaving cooling coil, repaired condition;
leaving humidifier, as found condition
The process as found was using $5,000 - $7,000 of unnecessary energy per month.
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How Could This Be?
• Clean room conditions were at spec• Fast track design build project
Specific clean room requirements Non-specific HVAC process requirements
• Clean room qualification based commissioning focus
• The nature of the semi-conductor industry business cycle
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Preheat Problems
• Shut down steam when its not needed Integral face and bypass
type preheat coil Valve in place, not control
signal
• Calibrate sensor• Add Alarms
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Preheat Problems
• Integrate control cycle Eliminate multimode control approach
• Operating cycles based on OAT rather than clean room
• Inconsistent operation Sequence with chilled water and reheat Lock out when not required Maintain an independent low limit
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Cooling Problems
• Calibrate sensor A little tricky with an averaging element Relative calibration more important than
absolute calibration
Lock out when not required Add alarms
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Humidification and Reheat Problems
• Eliminated by the other fixes• Improved space sensor calibration
routine• Add alarms• Fan heat provided most of the reheat
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The cost of correction is projected to be between $4,700 and $8,000.
• Exact value depends on the hourly rate used.
• Most of the cost was in facilities engineering labor.
• Some modest costs were associated with hardware.
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Educating the Operators Ensured Persistence
• Diligent, talented operators Lacking training in psychrometrics Lacking training in clean room process
Informal training provided empowerment Kept a psych chart by the operators console Nature of engineering support requests changed Acted on their own initiative
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Systems Integration Problems
24 hour per day plant operating spec taken literally
No light switches in the clean rooms No provisions for coordinated start-up and shut
down
Power failures and equipment failures caused severe pressure fluctuations in the fab
Contamination issue Safety issue Restart issue15 -
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Systems Integration Problems
Multiple power sources on the same system
Controls on uninterruptible power supply
Drives on emergency power with different auto-restart options selected
Control interlock circuit on normal power
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Power Coordination Coupled with an Assembly Problem for a
DISASTER!!!
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Fab Leakage = Energy Burden + Operational Danger
Two parallel, redundant fans designed so: Only one fan runs Provides 27,000 cfm at 3.5 inches w.c.
Clean room leakage resulted in running both fans to achieve pressurization required
14,000 extra cfm of outside air to move and condition
Static requirement increased to 7 in.w.c. Duct pressure class was 4 in.w.c.!!18 -
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Pressure Relief Doors Provide Protection
• Protect from air hammer effects due to sudden damper position changes.
• Protect over-pressurized ducts to the extent possible
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Improved Damper Reinforcement
Simply matched factory instructions
Reinforcing plate between sections
Bracing is an alternative approach
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Permissive Interlocks and Better Quality Limit Switches
• Start command opens dampers
• Limit switches proving starts the fan Wired to work in all
selector switch positions “Local” control mode on the
drive disabled
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HVAC Process/Efficiency Commissioning Benefits
• Reduction in operating cost and improved performance and reliability in retrocommissioning arena.
• Reduction in operating cost and first cost with improved performance and reliability in new construction.
• Reduction in CO2 emissions.
Complements energy savings.
Potential for additional financial leverage.22 - 2/27/2002
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Barriers to Moving from Qualification Based Approach
• Rapid fluctuations in the semiconductor market cycle.Short paybacks demanded.Design innovations not embraced.Drive to get on line and in production ASAP.
• Production process tolerances.Run on detection limits.Extremely costly to ship bad product.
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