Comparison of Air Cooled Screw Chillers VS Water Cooled Screw Chillers

BASIS OF COMPARISON
TOTAL COOLING LOAD 600 TR (300TR in 1st Phase and 300TR in 2nd Phase)
OPTION - A:
4 CARRIER Water Cooled Screw Chillers of 150 TR each
OPTION - B:
4 CARRIER Air Cooled Screw Chillers of 150 TR each

Sr.# Parameter Option A Option B

1 Power Consumption at Peak Load
Chillers KW 600 840
Cooling Towers KW 30 0
Condenser Water Pumps KW 30 0
Total Connected Power 660 840
Power Consumption at Peak Load KW/TR 1.100 1.400
Operating cost (Electricity) 69379.200 88300.800

2 Water Consumption* (Cumt/Year) 21949 0

Operating cost (Water) 17328.158 0.000

3 Initial Cost of Equipment

Chillers RO 120,000 160,000
Cooling Towers RO 40,000 0
Condenser Water Pumps RO 8,000 0
CDW Piping & valves RO 8,000
Total Cost of Equipment RO 176,000 160,000

4 Cost of Water Treatment RO/ year 9,000 0

5 Total Operating Cost RO/ year 95707.4 88300.8

Savings in Operating Cost with AIR Cooled Chillers RO/Year 7406.6

Large Plant Room

Smaller Pump Room
required to house the
required. Large open
chillers and pumps.
6 Space Requirement space required for
Cooling Towers
locating air cooled
located on roof of
chillers
plant room
Notes:
Equipments which are common to both systems have not been included in this comparison
Electricity and water consumption based on peak load figures averaged for 40% of annual hours
Water Consumption based on 1.5% evaporation/ drift losses from the cooling tower
Electricity cost based on RO 0.030 (30 Baisas) per unit.
Water cost based on RO 0.003 (3 Baisas) per Gallon
 150 210
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RO 750/- per month