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www.esource.com Thursday, April 17, 2014 Up on the Roof Recent advances in rooftop unit controls Jay Stein Executive Vice President, E Source Cooling Efficiency Workshop
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source2 What’s So Special About This RTU? Source: Trane
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source3 Single-Zone Constant Volume (CV) One zone Fixed fan speed Fan either on or off © E Source
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source4 Multizone Variable Air Volume (VAV) Multiple zones Variable fan speed Fan speed based on duct pressure © E Source
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source5 Single-Zone Variable Air Volume (SZVAV) One zone Variable fan speed Fan speed based on ΔT between setting and actual room temperature Low speed when neither heating nor cooling is called for © E Source
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source6 Advantages of SZVAV Reduces energy consumption SEER boost 2.5 points At least 20% energy savings Helps compensate for oversizing Improves dehumidification Reduces fan noise Reduces complexity Courtesy: Clker.com
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source7 Where Can You Get a SZVAV? Aaon Carrier Centurion Daikin/McQuay Rebel Lennox MSAV Trane Precedent Plus York Courtesy: Daikin/McQuay Source: Lennox
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source8 Size Matters Where to use SZVAV: Single-zone units 7.5 tons or larger Occasionally cost-effective as low as 5 tons Long run hours 24/7 the best Office hours (M-F, 9-5) are on the bubble Oversized The more excess capacity, the greater the savings
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source9 What About All Those Existing Units? Source: Wikimedia Commons
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source10 RTU Variable-Frequency Drive Retrofit Devices Catalyst Transformative Wave Technologies Enerfit Enerfit LLC Digi-RTU Optimizer Bes-TechBes-Tech (DTL Controls) Source: Bes-Tech Source: Transformative Wave Technologies Source: Enerfit
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source11 Product VFD evaporator fan VFD compressorVFD type Damper for coil 2 Catalyst Indexed Enerfit Continuous Digi-RTU Continuous Different Strokes for Different Folks © E Source Source: Wikimedia Commons Source: Enerfit Note: VFD = variable-frequency drive.
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source12 They’re Not Modest Product Annual HVAC energy savings Simple payback period Catalyst25–40%2 years Enerfit50–70%1–3 years Digi-RTU50%1–4 years © E Source
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source13 Finally, from PNNL, a Definitive Study Number of RTUs tested: 66 Building types: mercantile, office, food sales, healthcare Savings varied widely: 22% to 90% Average savings: 55% Average simple payback period: 3 years Source: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source14 In Addition to Energy Efficiency Courtesy: Transformative Wave Technologies
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source15 System Monitoring Courtesy: Transformative Wave Technologies
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source16 The Problem Source: Cartoonaday.com
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source17 A New Solution Courtesy: 75F
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source18 Dynamic Balancing from 75F AfterBefore Courtesy: 75F
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www.esource.com || © 2014 E Source19 Jay Stein Executive Vice President, E Source 303-345-9131 jay_stein@esource.com For More Information Have a question? Ask our experts: www.esource.com/questionwww.esource.com/question
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