Section 13: System Balancing
In the previous sections, we have mentioned the importance of ensuring proper balancing of
water in the chillers and fan coil units. The act of balancing is to distribute the correct amount of
water flowing through the chillers and fan coil units, in accordance to the design specifications.
Incorrect balancing can cause unbalance loading of the chillers and different performance
characteristics of the fan coil units.
Such balancing is usually done when we have multiple chiller units and multiple fan coil units in
parallel
to
each
other.
Before we can perform the system balancing, we must first know what the design specifications
are for the chillers and fan coil units. We need to know the required water flow rates through these
equipment. References to the Technical Manual must be made available. Water pressure drop
characteristics of these equipment must also be known.
Once we have all these information, we will next need to do some measurements.
Without any
measurement data, we cannot do balancing.
The following are some examples of such
measurements:
1. Multiple chillers in parallel
Pressure gauges
C1
Supply
Return
C2
C3
To do balancing, we will measure the water pressure on the supply side of each chiller. These will
give an approximate head pressure developed by the each pump in the chiller. By using the
corresponding pump curves, we can then determine the water flow rate through the chiller.
Compare the data with the design specifications.
If the system friction loss is high, the head pressure indicated will be higher than
the design value. Conversely, if the system friction is low, the head pressure will
also
be
low.
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