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How to Design & Control Waterside Economizers COLUMN ENGINEER’S NOTEBOOK This article was published in ASHRAE Journal, June 2014. Copyright 2014 ASHRAE. Posted at www.ashrae.org. This article may not be copied and/or distributed electronically or in paper form without permission of ASHRAE. For more information about ASHRAE Journal, visit www.ashrae.org. Steven T. Taylor How to Design & Control Waterside Economizers BY STEVEN T. TAYLOR, P.E., FELLOW ASHRAE ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.11 requires either airside economizers or waterside econo- mizers for most cooling system applications. Air economizers are more common and almost always more energy efficient. But there are some applications where water economizers are preferred, such as: • High-rise office buildings with floor-by-floor air load on the chillers even when the chillers must run to handlers where access to outdoor air is architecturally deliver the desired chilled water temperature. The first limited. costs are basically the same as a nonintegrated econo- • Large data centers, where air economizers are not mizer, but the number of hours the economizer can be always physically practical because airflow rates are so operational is vastly extended, significantly improving high, or air economizers are precluded by concerns (val- energy performance and cost effectiveness. Integrated id or not) that they can increase particle contamination economizers are also easier to control, as described in risk and cause low humidity levels. Water economizers more detail later. There are few, if any, advantages to can also provide energy savings on par with air econo- nonintegrated economizers. mizers on data centers that have hot aisle containment • As shown in Figure 2, the same cooling towers and and warm supply air temperatures, e.g., “cold” aisle sup- condenser water pumps should be used to serve both ply air temperatures over 80°F (27°C) and hot aisles over the economizer heat exchanger and the chiller condens- 100°F (38°C). These warm air temperatures, in turn, al- ers. Some designers provide separate towers and pumps, low chilled water supply temperatures over 65°F (18°C), at considerable expense because of concerns about low readily attainable by cooling towers for most of the year chiller head pressure due to low condenser water sup- in most climates. ply temperatures. But head pressure control is easily and • Small fan coil systems where airside economizers are inexpensively addressed by making the condenser isola- physically impractical or overly expensive. tion valves modulating and controlling them off the head • Chilled beams, radiant cooling, and other hydronic pressure control signal output that is standard on most systems for which airside economizers do not apply. chiller controllers. The valves throttle flow through the Here are some tips for designing cost effective and condenser as needed to maintain chiller minimum lift energy efficient waterside economizers: regardless of how cold the condenser water supply tem- perature is in economizer mode. System Design & Equipment Selection • The capacity and quantity of cooling towers and con- • To maximize performance (and also to meet ASHRAE denser water pumps remains the same as they would be Standard 90.1 prescriptive requirements), the economiz- without the economizer. For office building applications, er must be “integrated” with the chillers, meaning the this is intuitively clear: we know that when the economizer economizer has to be able to reduce the load on the chill- is on, weather will be cold so loads will be well below design ers even if it cannot handle the entire load. This means loads; hence only one of the two chillers (in the example the heat exchanger must be in series with, and upstream shown in Figure 2) will be needed, freeing the other to sup- of, the chillers as shown in Figure 2, rather than in parallel with the chillers Figure 1. In the series position the econo- Steven T. Taylor, P.E., is a principal of Taylor Engineering in Alameda, Calif. He is a mem- mizer can pre-cool the return chilled water to reduce the ber of SSPC 90.1 and chair of TC 4.3, Ventilation Requirements and Infiltration. 30 ASHRAE JOURNAL ashrae.org JUNE 2014 COLUMN ENGINEER’S NOTEBOOK FIGURE 1 Nonintegrated economizer. FIGURE 2 Integrated economizer. Cooling Tower 1 Cooling Tower 2 Cooling Tower 1 Cooling Tower 2 Chiller 1 Chiller 1 Chiller 2 Chiller 2 Bypass WSE-Only Modulating Plate and Frame Valve Heat Exchanger Minimum Chiller Minimum Chiller Flow Bypass Flow Bypass Plate and Frame Heat Exchanger ply tower water to the economizer heat exchanger. But this gpm/hp (9.3 L[s·kW]) for 24/7 applications such as data is also true for data centers where the load may require all centers. These efficiencies are 10% above those shown to chillers to run even in cold weather. The reason is that the be cost effective for non-economizer applications.2 load on the towers is actually reduced by the economizer • Cooling towers should be selected so that as many since compressor heat is reduced, and condenser water tower cells as possible can be enabled when the econo- flow to the chiller condensers may be less than design be- mizer is enabled to maximize efficiency and capacity cause it is colder (and in fact may be reduced by the throt- while maintaining minimum flow rates required by the tling of the head pressure control valves discussed earlier), tower manufacturer to prevent scaling. Low minimum making water available to the economizer heat exchanger flow rates can be achieved using weir dams and special without the need to add pumps. nozzles in the hot water distribution pans. • While cooling tower capacity is not affected by the • Chilled water pump head increases due to the pres- economizer, it may be necessary to reduce the design sure drop of the heat exchanger when in economizer approach temperature to meet Standard 90.1 Section mode. However, in applications such as offices where 6.5.1.2.1 waterside economizer requirements, particu- the loads are low when the economizer is on, pump head larly for plants with high loads in cold weather. This is may not need to increase above design head when the discussed further in the sidebar, “Example Design Pro- economizer is off; excess head may be available for the cedure” (Page 34). heat exchanger when the economizer is active due to the • It is critical that cooling towers be very efficient since reduced chilled water flow to coils. they will be running at full speed many hours of the year. • The heat exchanger should be a plate & frame type and A minimum of 90 gpm/hp (7.6 L[s·kW]) at Standard 90.1 selected for an approach of about 3°F (1.7°C) (i.e., the tem- conditions (95°F to 85°F at 75°F [35°C to 29°C at 24°C] wet perature of the chilled water leaving the heat exchanger is bulb) is recommended for office type applications and 110 equal to 3°F (1.7°C) above the temperature of the condenser JUNE 2014 ashrae.org ASHRAE JOURNAL 31 Advertisement formerly in this space. water entering the heat exchanger). Waterside Economizer Controls Heat exchanger cost increases expo- Control systems for waterside nentially with approach temperature economizer are generally the same so very close approaches should be as for conventional plants except tested for cost effectiveness. The heat they require one added sensor that exchanger pressure drop on the con- is optional on conventional plants: a denser water side should be similar to wet-bulb temperature sensor. This is that of the condensers so the flow rate usually a combination temperature will be similar when serving either and relative humidity sensor with the condensers or heat exchanger. software or electronics that converts On the chilled water side, pressure the two signals to wet-bulb tem- drop is typically limited to about 5 or perature. Unfortunately, humidity 6 psi (34 or 41 kPa) to limit the chilled sensors are notoriously unreliable water pump energy impact. The heat and require frequent recalibration. exchanger performance must be cer- To improve reliability it is essential tified per AHRI Standard 4003 as re- to specify a high quality sensor (see quired by Standard 90.1. Reference 8 for recommendations) Advertisement formerly in this space. • To maximize economizer perfor- and also provide a quality check by mance, and also performance of the having the control system compare system even when not on economizer, local dew-point temperature to the the chilled water system must be de- dew-point temperature data mea- signed for a very high temperature sured at the nearest National Oceanic rise (ΔT). This maximizes the chilled and Atmospheric Administration water return temperature which al- (NOAA) site via the Internet. If the lows the economizer to operate more local dew-point temperature (calcu- hours. The design procedure is sim- lated from the wet-bulb temperature ple: all cooling coils should be the larg- using psychrometric routines stan- est they can be within the cleanability dard in most digital control systems) limitations of Standard 62.1,4 which substantially differs from the NOAA requires that dry coil pressure drop at dew-point temperature, alarms can 500 fpm (2.5 m/s) face velocity must be generated indicating a need for not exceed 0.75 in. w.c. (188 Pa).* This humidity sensor recalibration. will typically be an eight row coil with Recommended control sequences about 12 fins per inch (5 fins per cm). for waterside economizers:‡ Using high ΔT coils also reduces first • Reset chilled water supply tem- costs, energy demand, and annual perature setpoint based on valve de- energy costs and should be used for mand, i.e., raise the water tempera- all designs5 but especially those with ture until one chilled water control waterside economizers.
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