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Hi Yu,

Can you please let me know the Exhaust flow rates to be considered for UPS AND BATTERY ROOM EXHAUST AND MENTION STANDARD REFERENCE

Ducting Fabricator and supplier

Hi, do you know any factory that can supply ducting (not form or form up are ok) to Singapore from JB? We are ducting installer in singapore.

DATA CENTER COOLING LOAD CALCULATION

Hi Yu,

Can you Please share the Data center Cooling Load CALCULATION spread sheets and Standards , if available?

MARCELINO L. CANDEL
Aug 29

how to meet the 20%RH humidity

STAIRCASE PRESSURIZATION

Hi, have a question here... I have designed a staircase Pressurization system to keep the 50Pa pressure Difference...i have considered VFD System Differential pressure system within the staircase at lower and higher levels...Do i need to consider the Relief Damper? if yes, can i delete the VFD and run constant speed Fan?..which is more reliable? Pls suggest

Sergei
Aug 18

If reliability is more important I would go with a simple system. Engineering principle is: fewer parts = more stability. No sensors no VFD less things that can break or fail. Just a constant-speed fan and properly sized relief damper (set not to exceed 60 Pa).

I am designing for the 5 floor office building. I am getting total load for the building as 1450 Tr. But my consultant telling that we can go for a diversity factor of 80% so the chiller load has reduced to 1160 Tr. But inside the total load of FCU's are coming 1450 Tr itself. How the chiller can give the chilled water to the FCU's ? If I am going to do the water balancing how I can balance water flow at full load if the chiller is not supplying GPM equal to the FCU load. Please guide me...the location of the project is dubai

Yu Chang Zhen
Aug 3

Hi Kiran,

In extent to the above sharing, I would add that all FCUs should be tested to their design flow rate. If all FCUs are ON at the same time, you may not get full flow due to diversity design. Hence, group them as per your design basis for diversity and test them in groups. That way, you ensure all FCUs can meet their designed flow and the chillers can be tested to full load.

Thanks.

maybe a small chiller?

I have a customer with a lab environment building. They have a 10x15 storage room storing sensitive chemicals that needs to be cooled to 60 degrees year round but they do not want a gas refrigerant used for the evaporator fan coil. My question is how to find a small enough water chiller for a room this size? I would appreciate your thoughts, Thanks!

Dale Conner
Jul 24

They do not have a chiller on the building. Do you offer design help if the customer wants to go with the custom option? I could do a block load calc on the room

Yu Chang Zhen
Aug 25

Sorry for the late reply but yes, I do help with design.

Relief cooling for toilets

Hi, I have a question, in one of my recent projects, I proposed relief cooling for the toilets , without any dedicated fan coil units for the toilet.relief air is recircilated fresh Air from the Energy recovery unit...can you pls confirm, if this approach also works?

Yu Chang Zhen
Jun 15

It works as long as you have adequate air change in the toilet.

Dedicated cooling units for store rooms

Hi, is a dedicated fan coil unit is required for the store room..within the conditioned office space?

Yu Chang Zhen
Jun 11

Depending on the store room temp requirement, usually a basic exhaust fan will do as it pulls cold air from the adjacent room for mild cooling and meet basic ventilation needs.

Energy Saving

In case of Trane Centrifugal Water Cooled Chiller of 650 TR (Primary Constant, Secondary Variable), will there be any saving from putting VFD in modulation on Cooling Tower Fan or Condenser Pump. Or will that be counter productive. What best logic to deploy to mange the trade -off. Please advise

krishan
Jun 9

Makes sense, thank you Yu Chang...please advise on the suitable logic for VFD Modulation for Cooling Tower

Hot pot and Barbeque table ventilation design

Hi YU,

Please find attached the image and provide the clarification about ventilation of Barbeque and hot pot table in House.i Highlighted the Grille location.Looking for your reply

Jhanarthanan
Apr 29