The second case study in this series had a system configuration depicted in Figure 1. The condenser water system had heat trace on the outdoor piping as well as a basin heater in the cooling tower.

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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 ...

Over the past several years, I’ve worked in several high-rise condominiums that utilize a makeup air unit (MAU) that conditions 100% outdoor air to a neutral dry bulb temperature (~70°F) and suitable ...