Impact of maintenance management procedures on energy efficiency of chillers

Abstract

Themost important element of the central air conditioning system, the chiller, accounts for about 40010 of annual total energy consumption of commercial and industrial buildings. As a result, many approacheshave been proposed to increase energy efficiency of chillers with the intention of managingthe annual total energy consumption of facilities. Among them, it was revealed that the approachof proper chiller maintenance procedures lead towards the energy efficiency of chillers. Therefore,the research was focused on identifying the impact of maintenance management procedureson energy efficiency of chillers. Thedata was collected through a pilot survey and a main survey which were followed by a questionnairealong with observations and interviews with experienced industry practitioners.Chillers; Energy Efficiency; Energy Efficiency Drop; Maintenance Management Procedures; Maintenance Performance Deviation. II wasidentified that the maintenance procedures has a great impact towards the energy efficiency of chillers. Perform condenser water quality test, Monitoring refrigerant pressure and temperature,Monitoring water flows, cleaning of condenser bundle and cooling tower cleaning andwater treatment were identified as the most significant maintenance activities which assist to meelthestandard energy efficiency level of chillers. Eventually, a multiple linear regression model wasdeveloped with the intention of deriving relationship between performance deviation of above maintenanceactivities and energy efficiency drop of chillers.