States that because a central plant is responsible for a third or more of a facility’s total energy bill, lack of knowledge about a single variable (eg system piping) can have a big impact and add to the challenge of central plant optimisation. Sets out three laws of central plant control to allow the central plant operator to manage the variables that affect the plant’s potential to run efficiently and effectively – 1) Be knowledgeable about how much energy is being supplied to your central plant and what amounts of energy resources are being provided from your central plant, 2) Be knowledgeable of the equipment within your central plant and or the systems within your building(s) served by the plant, 3) Be knowledgeable of outdoor ambient conditions and indoor building conditions as they occur simultaneously. To help plant managers and facilities engineers gauge a plant’s compliance with these three laws, expands each law into a checklist for auditing purposes. Concludes that by using monitoring and control technology in concert with basic inventorying methods, operators can achieve optimum plant performance.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal, vol. 41, no. 11, November 1999
Product Details
- Published:
- 1999
- Number of Pages:
- 4
- File Size:
- 1 file , 460 KB
- Product Code(s):
- D-9303
