Optimizing Design and Control of Chilled Water Plants: Part 4: Chiller and Cooling Tower Selection

This article is the fourth in a series of five that summarize chilled water plant design techniques intended to help engineers optimize plant design and control with little or no added engineering effort. Part 4 discusses optimum cooling tower and chiller selections.

Citation: ASHRAE Journal, vol. 54, no. 3, March 2012



Product Code(s): D-AJ12Mar03

This product is related to: Optimizing Design and Control of Chilled Water Plants: Part 5: Optimized Control Sequences
Optimizing Design and Control of Chilled Water Plants Part 1: Chilled Water Distribution System Selection
Optimizing Chiller Plant Control Logic
Optimizing Design and Control of Chilled Water Plants, Part 3: Pipe Sizing and Optimizing Delta T
Optimizing Design and Control of Chilled Water Plants Part 2: Condenser Water System Design