WINDOW & PACKAGED AC

-CHILLED WATER PLANT

G.SIDDHARTH
MOORTHE
12RBAR033

AIR CONDITIONING:

Air conditioning (often referred to as aircon, AC or A/C) is the process of altering the properties of air
to more favourable conditions. More generally, air conditioning can refer to any form of
technological cooling, heating, ventilation, or disinfection that modifies the condition of air.

An air conditioner is a major system, designed to change the air temperature and humidity within an
area (used for cooling and sometimes heating depending on the air properties at a given time)

The cooling is typically done using a simple refrigeration cycle, but sometimes evaporation is used,
commonly for comfort cooling in buildings and motor vehicles. In construction, a complete system of
heating, ventilation and air conditioning is referred to as "HVAC".

WINDOW AC:

Window Air Conditioner is the most commonly used air conditioner for single rooms.

In this air conditioner all the components, namely

the compressor,
condenser,
expansion valve or coil, evaporator and
cooling coil are enclosed in a single box.

This unit is fitted in a slot made in the wall of the

room, or more commonly a window sill.

WORKING DIAGRAM OF A WINDOW A.C :

The

Room Air Cycle

The air moving inside the room and in the front part of the air conditioner where the cooling coil is
located is considered to be the room air. When the window AC is started the blower starts
immediately and after a few seconds the compressor also starts. The evaporator coil or the cooling
gets cooled as soon as the compressor is started

Hot Air Cycle

The hot air cycle includes the atmospheric air that is used for cooling the condenser. The condenser
of the window air conditioner is exposed to the external atmosphere. The propeller fan located
behind the condenser sucks the atmospheric at high temperature and it blows the air over the
condenser

PACKAGED AC:
The window and split air conditioners are
usually used for the small air conditioning
capacities up to 5 tons. The central air
conditioning systems are used for where the
cooling loads extend beyond 20 tons.
The packaged air conditioners are used for
the cooling capacities in between these two
extremes. The packaged air conditioners are
available in the fixed rated capacities of 3, 5,
7, 10 and 15 tons. These units are used
commonly in places like restaurants,
telephone exchanges, homes, small halls, etc.

PACKAGED AC:

 As the name implies, in the packaged air conditioners all the important
components of the air conditioners are enclosed in a single casing like
window AC. Thus the compressor, cooling coil, air handling unit and the
air filter are all housed in a single casing and assembled at the factory
location

Depending on the type of the cooling system used in these systems,

the packaged air conditioners are divided into two types: ones with
water cooled condenser and the ones with air cooled condensers

PACKAGED AIR CONDITIONERS

WITH AIR COOLED CONDENSERS
In this packaged air conditioners the
condenser of the refrigeration system is
cooled by the atmospheric air. There is an
outdoor unit that comprises of the
important components like the compressor,
condenser and in some cases the
expansion valve (refer the figure below).
The outdoor unit can be kept on the terrace
or any other open place where the free flow
of the atmospheric air is available. The fan
located inside this unit sucks the outside
air and blows it over the condenser coil
cooling it in the process

ALTHOUGH STANDARD AIR CONDITIONERS ARE

VERY POPULAR, THEY CAN USE A LOT OF ENERGY
AND GENERATE QUITE A BIT OF HEAT. FOR LARGE
INSTALLATIONS LIKE OFFICE BUILDINGS, AIR
HANDLING AND CONDITIONING IS SOMETIMES
MANAGED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
SOME SYSTEMS USEWATERAS PART OF THE
COOLING PROCESS. THE TWO MOST WELLKNOWN ARE CHILLED WATER SYSTEMS AND
COOLING TOWER AIR CONDITIONERS.

CHILLED WATER PLANT

Chilled water is a commodity often used to cool a building's air and equipment, especially in
situations where many individual rooms must be controlled separately, such as a hotel.

The chilled water can be created at the location of the building that will use it, which has been the
norm.

Chilled water cooling is very different from typical residential air conditioning where a refrigerant is
pumped through an air handler to cool the air.

Regardless of who provides it, the chilled water (between 4 and 7C) is pumped through an air
handler which captures the heat from the air, then disperses the air throughout the area to be cooled

CHILLED WATER PLANT

In a chilled-water system, the entire air conditioner is installed on the roof or behind the building.

It cools water to between 40 and 45 degrees Fahrenheit (4.4 and 7.2 degrees Celsius).

The chilled water is then piped throughout the building and connected to air handlers. This can be a
versatile system where the water pipes work like the evaporator coils in a standard air conditioner.

If it's well-insulated, there's no practical distance limitation to the length of a chilled-water pipe.

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