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The article evaluates a range of products including the AquaSnap 30RC Air-Cooled Chiller from Carrier, the Chemical-Resistant Fume Hood Blowers from Hemco Corp. and the Space Nano Monitoring Device from Airthings.

The article offers information on the single magnitude WME chiller from Daikin Industries Ltd.

The article reviews laser products for industrial applicatios, which includes LCM-1200 liquid chillers offered by American company Aspen Systems, RQB fiber optic cables by American company Coherent, and industrial high speed camers TS5 offered by American company Fastec.

The article focuses on the evolution of chiller design, with expanded operation and a wider range of chilled-liquid temperatures. The trend is a combination of higher chilled-liquid temperatures and intelligent fan and compressor control increases operation with free or partial free cooling. Topics including energy savings from free cooling, how free cooling achieves savings, and reduction in annual energy use are also discussed.

The article discusses the design and operating condition of chilled-water plants serving large-office, hospital, large-hotel, and secondary-school U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) protocol buildings. Topics covered include modern chiller-plant design and other revised assumption through computer energy modeling, assumptions to compare between the two chiller-plant-operation schemes, and the effect of building type on cost savings from lower chilled-water-supply temperature.

The article offers information on the Quantech QTC3 air-cooled scroll chillers from Johnson Controls Inc., Elite EL15XP1 single-stage heat pump from Lennox, and Constantemp steam-water heater from Leslie Controls Inc.

The article discusses the evolve of laser chillers to meet the constraints in medical and industrial spaces. Topics mentioned include the list of cooling methods for laser systems, the use of Peltier effect of thermoelectric coolers (TECs), and the complain on reliability and maintenance difficulty on liquid chillers.

The article discusses the use of heat recovery for reduction of energy use and costs in chillers. Topics mentioned include the way heat recovery reclaims the rejected energy during heating and cooling processes from air or water applications, the heat recovery process in air-cooled and water-cooled chillers, and the design considerations required for chiller heat recovery.

The article discusses the design for primary-secondary-tertiary pumping system to distribute chilled water in college campuses, hospitals, arenas and other large facilities. Topics discussed include a description of the system loops, advantages of variable-speed chillers, chilled water design and operation and monitoring of the return water temperatures at the central plant to determine the load on the chiller system.

The article discusses advantages of centrifugal chillers optimized for next-generation refrigerants. Topics discussed include comparison between next-generation and hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants, factors to consider when choosing next-generation refrigerants for chillers, Johnson Controls design team's goal to optimize a chiller for R-1233zd low-pressure fluid and importance of ultra-high-efficiency comfort cooling for Johnson Controls corporate campus in Glendale, Wisconsin.

The article focuses on the value of air-cooled chillers in health care application particularly in Houston and cities in U.S. Topics discussed, include the technology innovation together with the discovery of mono-roto screw compressor maximizing compression efficiency, factory-mounted variable-frequency drive (VFDs), and factory-installed refrigerant economizer, the advantages of air-cooled screw chillers, and the energy cost of the air-cooled chillers under operational condition.

The article discusses the sizing and selection of a replacement chiller for a company committed to sustainability, that operates a three-story, 108,000-square-foot commercial building in San Jose, California, served by a chiller plant that consists of three chillers. To replace Chiller Two, six air-cooled chillers from three manufacturers were evaluated. It presents tables showing the evaluation of factors including chiller cooling capacity, sustainable refrigerant, and chiller efficiency.

The article focuses on the incorporation of variable-frequency drives (VFDs) to improve the performance of air-cooled chiller. It states that VFDs enhance efficiency of the chiller by decreasing the rotational speed of a compressor in response to lower-load and off-peak conditions. It mentions that the main benefit on the use of air-cooled chiller with compressor VFD is heating.

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The article discusses the design heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) design of Chief Sealth International High School and Denny Middle School in Seattle, Washington. The schools represent accomplishments of the Building Excellence III capital bond, which aims to implement Seattle Public School's improvement of schools. Features of the schools' HVAC include energy-efficient boilers and chillers, natural ventilation and sustainable lighting systems.

The article reports that T.W. Patterson Building in Fresno, California has been upgraded with a more efficient and environment friendly chiller system under the Central Valley Business Energy Tune-up program sponsored by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). The initiative used a magnitude chiller by air conditioner manufacturing company Daikin. Air conditioning contractor New England Sheet Metal (NESM) provided temporary cooling, engineering design of the new water-cooled applied system.

The article discusses the finding of innovation in the declining beverage industry while rationalizing the underutilized assets and the need for new technologies of growth products. Topics mentioned include the comment of partner Doug Newman of Myrtle Consulting Group on the need for capital investment to be rationalized, the issue on hexametaphosphate preservatives which could be replaced by hot filling on Aqua Ball drinks, and the use on multi chiller sequencing system.

The article discusses customization of delivery fleet by vending operators to address prekitting, micro market installation and refrigeration needs. Topics discussed customized trucks allowing addition of options such as body refrigeration and moveable shelves, recommendation that manufacturers be presented with business plan of present and future needs for improved return on investment (ROI), and prekitting leading to route consolidation and lower truck inventory.

The article discusses management of facilities. Topics discussed include advantages of a falling film evaporator, requirement of a smaller refrigerant charge due to improved heat transfer efficiency and chillers using hybrid falling film technology qualify for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Energy and Atmosphere Credit #4 (EAc4) — Enhanced Refrigerant Management; and optimization of every element for superior system efficiency.

The article presents the profile of heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipments manufacturer AAON Inc. Topics include AAON product lines stated to include standard, semi-custom and custom rooftop units, chillers, packaged outdoor mechanical rooms, and its employees include over 1,900 people in Oklahoma and Texas, and it is stated to have expanded to over 1.8 million square feet.

The article presents information on several issues of interest to cold-weather engineers. Topics discussed include sewer problems in the attic, a water-logged steam sterilizer at Stony End Home for the Aged, a leak at the highest reaches of the Montana state government, and a high-head chiller trip.

The article discusses the cooling systems for the building of Phoenix NAP, that offers services including collocation, data center, and cloud services. It says that the centrifugal chillers of Daikin McQuay Modular Central Plants (MCP) with a variable frequency drive (VFD) was chosen by Phoenix NAP in meeting the cooling needs of the facility. According to Daikin McQuay MCP Solutions Sales director Barry Naegele, their work at Phoenix NAP was the most redundant cooling solution they have done.

The article discusses the importance of checking assumptions when determining problems with complex systems particularly with highly integrated like pinch technology designs. It presents the diagnostic process for a plant with integrated design for energy recovery, with problems emerged following the modification of chillers for water and brine into alternative refrigerants, in which the valve functions opposite to the way specified.

The article discusses fluid management on chiller and refrigeration systems in petrochemical plants. Topics discussed include the need to manage the fluids that circulate through the system such as the refrigerant, oil and water, the importance of periodically sampling the refrigerant in the evaporator to ensure it is always close to specifications and free of contaminants and the need to understand fluids and their properties which is fundamental to energy-efficient operations.

The article reviews a mobile boiler room from Nationwide Boiler Inc., the Sintesis air-cooled chillers from Trane Inc. and BrushBeast air-duct-cleaning system.

The article focuses on non-condensables or inerts in refrigeration systems and chillers. Topics discussed include an increase in head pressure for compressors and blockage of heat transfer area leading to more energy consumption; energy impact depending on refrigeration temperature and refrigerant used in the systems; and methods to detect non-condensables such as comparing saturation temperatures of refrigerant with actual operating condition and gas chromatographic analysis.

The article offers information on several products related to the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry including the Azanechiller packaged ammonia chiller from Azane Inc., the Viessman Vitotronic 300 GW6B boiler control system from Viessman Group, and the Uniflair LE HDCV 4500 cooling unit from Schneider Electric.

The article discusses how Broward Health Medical Center (BHMC) in Fort Lauderdale turned to Entic, provider of cloud-based analytics, to gain insight into its automation technology. With its proprietary HVAC analytics solution BITS playing an integral part, it was discovered that the chillers were not achieving the kilowatts per ton that may have cost BHMC more than 1 million U.S. dollars in excess energy use. The most important benefit from Entic is the visibility of equipment efficiency.

The author discusses the partial or full thermal energy storage (TES) system in keeping the school buildings cool. It says that the system reduces the maintenance and operational costs and the installation costs and equipment are equal to conventional cooling systems. It states that energy consumption is reduced when chillers are operated during off-peak nighttime hours. It mentions that the use of TES system limits the maximum demands for electricity thus reduces the operational cost.

The article offers brief information on the K1 recirculating chiller from Applied Thermal Control Ltd.

The article offers brief information on several chillers and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems including the CSW screw compressors from Bitzer, the VRF R2-Series modular outdoor units from Mitsubishi Electric, and the DVM Plus III variable-refrigerant-flow units from Samsung.

The article evaluates several products including the air-cooled chiller products from Technical Systems, the 316 Stainless Steel Cabinet Cooler Systems from Exair Corporation, and the Recold LC Evaporative Condenser from SPX Cooling Technologies Inc.

The article previews several products, including the Sahara Hot Box Zero Ground Clearance ovens from Benko Products, Inc., the TLC-10 series thermoelectric peltier chiller from Omega Engineering, Inc., and the No. 1006 electric tunnel oven from The Grieve Corp.