Many decisions are made during the design of a chilled water plant that have long-lasting impacts on the facility’s energy use and demand. Additionally, consistent operations, benchmarking, and ...

How much of what you “know” do you actually know, and how much have you learned secondhand? Most of us probably pick up a large portion of our “knowledge” from secondhand sources (much like this ...

When looking for ways to maximize the energy efficiency of a chilled water system, it’s common to pay attention to the chiller itself - and all too common to overlook other opportunities. Production ...

A seasoned veteran of the HVAC industry, Don Eppelheimer has been working for Trane since 1972. As global chiller systems manager: commercial systems, he recently hosted a workshop on chiller design ...

We got a call from a homeowner after his HVAC service company threw up their hands and said they could do no more to get the cooling system to work. They had recently replaced two failed compressors ...

This chilled water rescue involved a cooling system that was eating outside unit compressors and was no longer working. We got the call in May to get the cooling working by June for the summer season.

Trane, a global leader in indoor comfort systems and services, has launched its new water-cooled helical rotary chilled water system (RTWD) in the UAE. This the first in a series of new product ...

Dating back to the late 1980’s, the principle of inlet chilling has been utilized to increase power output of combustion gas turbines. Since gas turbines are constant volume machines, air mass flow ...

SAN ANTONIO – Relocating a chilled water plant in downtown to make room for Project Marvel could cost more than $200 million. So who would carry that water? The San Antonio Water System says it won’t ...