Bulletin on Energy Efficiency
  • Year: 2005
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

Improving operating efficiency of chilling plants

  • Author:
  • R. GopalaKrishna
  • Total Page Count: 1
  • Page Number: 13 to 13

Certified Energy Auditor, Numeric Engineering Services, Hyderabad, E-mail: rgk515@hotmail.com

Abstract

At present a chiller is operated for 15 hours a day to supply chilled water to reactors. The present level of efficiency is only 40 percent since the differential temperature is only 2.6°C. This efficiency can be raised to at least 80 percent