Abstract
Background: Hospitals account for the most proportion of energy consumption in the public building sector. Chillers usually account for most of the overall energy consumption of the cold source system.
Objective: To solve the problem of chillers' large energy consumption problem, novel technologies were developed, and achievements were patented.
Methods: The operating characteristics influencing factors of the magnetic suspension centrifugal chiller (MSCC) and variable frequency screw chiller (VFSC) of a hospital in Shanghai were analyzed and discussed by actual measurements. Then, based on the operating characteristics of the chiller obtained from the analysis of the measured data, the cooling capacity was classified by the K-Means clustering method to obtain the startup strategy of the chillers.
Results: The effects of the supply chilled water temperature, the supply cooling water temperature and variable cooling water flow rate on the maximum cooling capacity and coefficient of performance (COP) of both chillers were explored. The load distribution scheme was discussed based on the chillers' startup strategy.
Conclusion: The average part load ratio operation scheme was the preferred chiller distribution scheme. A chiller's maximum allowable part load ratio should not exceed 80% during the low-load operation period and should not be less than 60% during the conventional operation period. It provided a reference for optimizing the chiller operation strategy to reduce system energy consumption.
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