Belimo Energy Valve™

Delta T Manager™

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Presentation Agenda

• Low Delta T at the Coil

• Some of Low Delta T Causes
• Low Delta T
• Cost of Overflowing Coil
• Cost of Chiller Staging
• Cost of Over Pumping
• Occupant Comfort
• Does it Really Work?
• Benefits

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Low Delta T
at the Coil

Low Coil Delta T = Inefficient

Heat Transfer

Increase GPM >> No Increase in

Energy output

More Pump HP >> Reduction in

Plant Efficiency

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Low Delta T
Some of Low Delta T Causes

• Low Control Set Point

• Fouled Coils

• Low Valve Authority

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Low Delta T
Coil Power vs Delta T Behavior

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Low Delta T
Cost of Overflowing the Coil…

400000 35

350000 1
30
335000
330000 300000
2 25
Power = BTU

Coil

Delta T °F
250000
Power Curve 20

200000

15
150000
12°F
Delta T Curve 10.5°F
10
100000

5
50000

0 0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80
GPM 55 GPM 65 GPM

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Low Delta T
Cost of Overflowing the Coil…

1 2 Δ
BTUh 330,000 335,000 1.5%
GPM 55 GPM 65 GPM 18%
Pump hp Hp increase = (65/55)3 65%

3
HP2  GPM 2 
=?  
HP1  GPM 1 
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Cost of Chiller Staging

Chiller Plant Efficiency

Design Condition
• Design ΔT=12oF (54oF - 42oF)
• 360 GPM
• 1 Chiller, 90% Load (180 Ton)

360 GPM Loop flow

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Cost of Chiller Staging

Chiller Plant Efficiency

Low ΔT

• ΔT=10.4oF (52.4oF - 42oF)

• 415 GPM
• 2 Chillers, 45% Load (180 Ton)
415 GPM Loop flow

No change to the load, but a 2nd Pump and 2nd Chiller are started.

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Low Delta T
Cost of Over Pumping

Delta T
Manager Signal Wasted Pumping

DDC Signal

Delta T Delta T
Manager On Manager On
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Occupant Comfort

“How can I let the Delta T Manager limit flow if it

doesn’t measure discharge air temperature?

What about occupant comfort?!?”

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Occupant Comfort
Delta T Manager adjusts the valve if the ΔT drops below the
set point in order to maintain peak coil efficiency
400000 35

350000 Virtually No Power Reduction

30
335000
325000 Delta T Curve
300000
25
Power = BTU

Delta T °F
250000
Power Saturation 20

200000
Power Curve 15
150000 Delta T
10 Set Point
100000

5
50000

0 0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80
GPM 55 GPM 65 GPM

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Delta T Manager™

Does it really work?

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Case Study
Large Tech Company in North Carolina

DT Management 96 GPM

Flow Control 144 GPM

240 GPM
Position Control

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Case Study
MIT University Hayden Library - Boston, MA

Building and Project Details

• 150,000 sq. ft. on 3 floors
• 6 AHU provide majority of the cooling

Results
• Aug 9 - Oct 9, 2010
∆T = 6.15°F

• Aug 9 - Oct 9, 2011

∆T = 12.14°F

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Case Study
University of Miami Hospital

Building and Project Details

• Rosenstiel Building
• 11 AHUs
• 2600 Tons of Cooling
• Over 10,000 GPM

Results
• Delta T raised from
5.5°F to 10.5°F
• Flow ~ 5600 GPM
• Estimated $66,000/yr savings
• Estimated 2.9 year payback

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Benefits

• Coil
• ΔT Managing for peak coil efficiency
• Optimization in retro-fit applications

• Chiller Plant
• Improved chilled water plant efficiency
• Released chiller capacity

• Pump
• Reduced pump energy

• Occupant Comfort
• No reduction in supplied energy

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Danbury, Connecticut
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