Typical situation no. 42
A 3 MW operator runs six chillers from 2012 using a high global warming potential refrigerant. The EU F-gas Regulation is gradually phasing down these refrigerants, and refill prices rise every year.
WHAT IS BLOCKING
- Replacing chillers on a live site requires phasing that never interrupts cooling.
- Some conversions to another refrigerant reduce cooling capacity.
- The work can be an opportunity to improve energy efficiency, or to make it worse.
WHAT WE DO
- Inventory of equipment, refrigerants and applicable obligations.
- Comparison of options: conversion, gradual replacement, change of technology.
- Costing and schedule, with phasing compatible with operations.
- Estimate of the impact on PUE.
WHAT YOU GET
- A reasoned, costed recommendation.
- A works schedule with no service interruption.
- The expected energy savings.
Typical format: Technical study, three weeks. Every assignment is scoped in writing before it starts.
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Typical situation, based on real enquiries and anonymised. Figures are illustrative.
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