energy efficiency for large building chiller systems
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Energy Efficiency for Large Building Chiller Systems
Better Buildings Summit
May 2016
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Introductions
Michael Deru National Renewable Energy Laboratory
New resources
Glen Anderson ETC Group
Deep dive into chiller performance
Matthew Gudorf University of California
Irvine
Large campus chiller efficiency
opportunities
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Central Plant Resource Map
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How Well are Your Systems Performing?
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Compare your building to a range of standard benchmarks
Your Building
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Matthew Gudorf UC Irvine
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Quick Facts
• Established in 1965 • Comprehensive Research
University • 13 Lab buildings past two
decades • 8-24MW Load
• 1,526 Acres • 10M+ Square feet • 7.5M Sqft District Utilities • 24,489 Undergraduates • 6,268 Postgraduates • $20,754,196 Utility Budget
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UCI Substation 66kV/12kV
Edison MacArthur Substation
66kV
Campus Utilities
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UCI Substation 66kV/12kV
Edison MacArthur Substation
66kV
Central Plant: 8 chillers
Gas turbine: 13.5 MW Steam turbine: 5.6 MW
Campus Utilities
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UCI Substation 66kV/12kV
Edison MacArthur Substation
66kV
Central Plant: 8 chillers
Gas turbine: 13.5 MW Steam turbine: 5.6 MW Solar Rooftop PV
3.6 MW
TES
Campus Utilities
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UCI Substation 66kV/12kV
Edison MacArthur Substation
66kV
Central Plant: 8 chillers
Gas turbine: 13.5 MW Steam turbine: 5.6 MW Solar Rooftop PV
3.6 MW
TES
CPV 113kW
Campus Utilities
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UCI Substation 66kV/12kV
Edison MacArthur Substation
66kV
Central Plant: 8 chillers
Gas turbine: 13.5 MW Steam turbine: 5.6 MW Solar Rooftop PV
3.6 MW
CPV 113kW
Campus Utilities
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Central Plant: 8 chillers
Serve 82 Buildings TES
Thermal Storage 4,500,000 Gal
60,000 Ton-Hour
Campus Utilities
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Manufacture Rating in Tons Refrigerant Year Installed
Chiller #1 Trane 1000 R-123 1992
Chiller #2 Trane 1000 R-123 1997
Chiller #3 Trane 1000 R-123 1997
Chiller #4 York 2000 R-134a 2002
Chiller #5 Trane 2500 R-123 1999
Chiller #6 Trane 2500 R-123 2004
Chiller #7 York 3000 R-134a 2007
Chiller #8 York 3000 R-134a 2007
Chiller Plant Details
16,000 Tons of nominal chiller capacity
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Chilled Water System
• AHU coils designed for 39°F supply • System ΔT of 20-23°F • PIC-V or Flow Limiters at each AHU • Average load 3,100 tons • Peak load 13,000 tons • 74,400 Ton-Hours per day • Flow Capacity @ 30” header is
35,600 gpm • Secondary pump capacity 25,200
gpm @ 100 feet of head • TES pump capacity is 22,700 gpm
@ 90 feet of head • Delivered 0.7kW per ton
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Chilled Water Load Side Optimization 1997-2016 the campus changed out AHU coils to provide a ΔT minimum of 20°F at the same time stacked coils are re-piped reverse return to eliminate the need for balancing valves.
The system makes use of Pressure independent control valves and flow limiters to minimize use and maximize energy efficiency
Monitoring the hydronic system at the building level
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Tank holds 4.5 million gallons of chilled water
Tank is 107’ tall by 88’ in diameter
When chilled to 39°F, rated storage is 186,400 kWh
0-8MW of load can be shifted
Originally built to shift load to off-peak rates
Thermal Energy Storage
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45%
UC Irvine Drastically Reduces Load
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Operating Limitations 1 The interconnection agreement is for inadvertent export of power only.
2 Curtailment of the CTG is limited to 7.5MW due to emissions
3 Solar power production cannot be curtailed (PPA)
4 Efficiency of the CTG drops as output is reduced
5 Import electricity cost more than self generation
Load Generation Import Electricity
So how is the near perfect management as shown on the right achieved? UC Irvine uses TES as an electrical battery to flatten and shape load to match generation!
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909 kW Solar Rooftop PV
(Mesa Parking)
725 kW Solar Rooftop PV (SC Parking)
935 kW Solar Rooftop PV (SS Parking)
Central Plant NGCC
13.5 [MW]
GT
4.5 [MW]
ST
Ten 12 [KV]
circuits
3,575 [KWpeak]
PV
Load PV
UCI Campus
66 [KV] circuit
SCE
7 Electric Chillers
GT = Gas Turbine ST = Steam Turbine
NGCC = Natural Gas Combined Cycle SCE = Southern California Edison
Balancing Load and Generation
TES
Storage
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Duck curve with large swings Does it all work?
Add chiller Load and Charge TES tank
No chiller load Utilization of TES Tank
24 Hours
0-18
MW
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Flattest possible load shape Matched to Generation
24 Hours
0-18
MW
Utilize Solar
Maximize Base Loaded CTG
Import as little as possible
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Actual Load and Generation Graph From UCI Campus
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$0.20
$0.40
$0.60
$0.80
$1.00
$1.20
$1.40
$1.60
$1.80
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Energy Cost Per Square foot
Financial Savings
Optimization of load and generation results in financial savings • Minimal import of expensive electricity • Solar offsetting peak demand
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Next steps Save energy and reduce load at each AHU Optimize electrical generation and load Optimize delta T of CHW system Optimize the chillers
• approach optimization (difference between the leaving water and the saturated refrigerant temperature
• lift optimization (difference between condenser refrigerant pressure and evaporator refrigerant pressure)
• cooling tower optimization pumps and fans
Plant staff shall select which chillers to run and when. The optimization system shall then optimize the selected equipment. Load shape and maintaining load will takes precedence.
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Glen Anderson ETC Group
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OPENING THE BLACK BOX
Glen R Anderson, PE
2016 Better Buildings Summit Washington DC
May 11, 2016
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OUTLINE OUTLINE • What drives chiller efficiency? • How can you check each component of a chiller? • Case studies of completing live chiller performance testing
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TOOLS TO OPEN THE BLACK BOX
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COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATA
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REFRIGERATION CYCLE Work is proportional to difference between evaporator and condenser pressure
Reduce work by dropping condenser pressure (Temperature) or raising evaporator pressure (Temperature)
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OPENING THE BLACK BOX • Human Head • Chiller
X-Rays
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OPENING THE BLACK BOX • Human Head
X-Rays Live Chiller Performance Test
Live Actual COP
• Chiller
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WHAT THE CHILLER PERFORMANCE TEST DOES
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WHAT THE CHILLER PERFORMANCE TEST DOES
P1
P2
h3 h2 h1
P1 / T1
P2 / T2
3
Cycle Compression
Work
Cycle Cooling Capacity
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WHAT THE CHILLER PERFORMANCE TEST DOES
P1
P2
h3 h2 h1
P1 / T1
P2 / T2
3
Actual COP =
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WHAT THE CHILLER PERFORMANCE TEST DOES
P1
P2
h3 h2 h1
Actual COP = h1 – h2
h2 – h3 TON kW
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• A local manufacturing company that had been aggressively executing efficiency projects and doing maintenance
• Looking for more effective way to measure performance
1ST LOOK INSIDE THE BLACK BOX
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180 TON WATER COOLED SCREW CHILLER
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OBVIOUS DEGRADATION IN PERFORMANCE
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WHY?
2-3% power gain / 1°F drop in refrigerant temp
Data suggests evaporator problems
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• 2x the Required Oil in the Evaporator • Compressor had been replaced. Technician
added recommended amount of oil, overfilling the chiller because of existing oil.
• Excess oil coating the tubes acts as an insulator, requiring chiller to make colder refrigerant to deliver necessary cooling, increasing energy.
ANSWER
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CLIMACHECK FLOW CHART OVERVIEW
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CLIMACHECK (CONDENSER)
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CLIMACHECK (COMPRESSOR)
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CLIMACHECK (EVAPORATOR)
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ONLINE BENCHMARKING
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STATE OF THE ART CHILLER OPERATING INEFFICIENTLY
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STATE OF THE ART CHILLER OPERATING INEFFICIENTLY
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30% higher energy consumption 30,000 kWh/year wasted energy
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KNOW THE PERFORMANCE – MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY
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Re-Commissioning - result of structured optimisation
Scoping period “baseline”
consumption
Implementation Validation Performance monitored operation
Optimization
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ALL THE DATA YOU NEED
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• Low refrigerant • High refrigerant • Fouled evaporators / condensers • Un-balanced flow
TEST RESULTS FROM ANOTHER 12 CHILLERS
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VIEWING DATA WITH A FAMILIAR PLATFORM
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COMPARE MAIN KPIS
Chiller 5 & 6 least efficient
Chiller 4 has lower load
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LOW REFRIGERANT
Chiller 5 vs 6 before fixes Chiller 6 has refrigerant added
Chiller 6 used more power than Chiller 5
Chillers 5 & 6 used equal power
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COMPARE SPECIFIC DATA POINTS
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COMPARING DATA - SUPERHEAT
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COMPARING REFRIGERANT PRESSURE
Chiller 4 dP = 47.2 psi Chiller 6 dP = 53.6 psi
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COMPARING REFRIGERANT TEMPS
Chiller 4 has coldest condenser refrigerant and warmest evaporator refrigerant
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Design flow is 3,000 GPM Minimum flow is ~2,250 GPM
ZEROING IN ON THE CULPRIT
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All-Variable Speed Centrifugal Chiller Plants, Thomas Hartman, ASHRAE Journal, September 2001
CHILLER PERFORMANCE
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LOADS AREN’T WHAT YOU THINK What tonnage do you stage on/off the chillers?
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TEST RESULTS SUMMARY
Site Chiller # chiller issues # flow issues # Other Issues % Savings1 1 1 30%2 3 2 12%2 52 6 1 1 17%3 4 1 7%3 5 2 1 10%3 6 1 1 18%4 1 1 1 10%4 2 1 1 16%4 3 1 5%5 1 1 1 5%5 2 1 1 5%5 3 1 1 5%
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OTHER COOL SLIDES
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Source: Ultraefficient All-Variable-Speed Chilled Water Plants, Ben Erpelding, HPAC Engineering, March 2006
CHILLER PLANT EFFICIENCIES
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CHILLER EFFICIENCY VS. TEMP
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% load
42 F Water
44 F Water
ENERGY ENGINEERING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
7% Less Energy
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PRIMARY/SECONDARY PUMPING
Bypass Flow = Wasted Energy Bypass Flow – Secondary flow must be < primary flow
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DEATH SPIRAL
ENERGY ENGINEERING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
$78,000 savings per year!
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Thank you!
Matthew Gudorf, UC Irvine [email protected]
Glen Anderson, ETC Group [email protected]
Michael Deru, National Renewable Energy Laboratory [email protected]
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