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SECTION-E

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Contents

1.0 CAMPUS DESCRIPTION E-3

2.0 DESIGN OBJECTIVES E-3

3.0 HVAC SCOPE OF WORK E-4

4.0 CODES, STANDARDS & REFERENCES E-4

5.0 BASIS OF DESIGN E-5

5.1 OUTSIDE DESIGN CONDITIONS E-5

5.2 INDOOR DESIGN CONDITIONS E-5

5.3 BUILDING THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS E-6

5.4 OUTDOOR AIR REQUIREMENTS E-6

5.5 DESIGN PARAMETERS – HVAC EQUIPMENT’S E-6

6.0 DESIGN PHILOSOPHY E-7

7.0 EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION E-7

8.0 SCHEME DESCRIPTION E-8

8.1 TIER-4 & TIER-3 DATA CENTER – WATER COOLED CHILLER PLANT E-8
1 & AIR COOLED CHILLER PLANT 2

8.2 PUMPING STRATEGY AND PIPING E-8

8.3 AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM E-8

9.0 VENTILATION SYSTEMS E-10

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10.0 LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS E-10

11.0 EQUIPMENT / SYSTEM DESCRIPTION E-11

11.1 AIR COOLED CHILLER CHARACTERISTICS E-11

11.2 WATER COOLED CHILLER CHARACTERISTICS E-11

11.3 CHILLED WATER PUMPS E-11

11.4 CONDENSER WATER PUMPS E-15

11.5 COOLING TOWERS E-15

11.6 BUFFER TANK E-15

11.7 PRECISION AIR HANDLING UNITS (PAHU) E-16

11.8 AIR HANDLING UNITS (AHU) E-16

11.9 FAN COIL UNITS (FCU) E-16

12.0 SALIENT FEATURES OF DESIGN E-14

13.0 SCOPE MATRIX E-14

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 1. CAMPUS DESCRIPTION typical, comprising of workstations with floor seating shall be around 134 people
per floor. The third floor comprises of workstations with around 59 people and a
To describe the HVAC system proposed for M/s. NXTRA DATA LTD at Pune
Dining area and pantry. Office building is also be occupied during the Phase 3
The various buildings in the premises include the following: operation.

a) Data Center Building

D) Security Office at the entrance of the premises comprises of waiting areas and
b) Office building
checking areas. High wall DX Split Air conditioner shall be provided for the Security
c) Security Office
office.

2. DESIGN OBJECTIVES
A) Data Center building is a G + 4 building with a pump room in the partial
basement. The ground and first floor consists of the services rooms such as HVAC The aim is to provide an eco-friendly & energy efficient design keeping in mind the

chiller plant room, Transformer rooms, HT panel rooms, APFC and LT panel rooms, stringent requirements of Tier IV data center. The design will take cognizance of

UPS and Battery rooms that support the Data server modules/halls. The 2nd, 3rd & easy installation & maintenance requirements.

4th floor of the DC building are typical, each floor comprising of four Data server The Key design objectives are:
modules/halls (for rack details refer Table no: 8 & 9), along with supporting rooms
 Maintain specified design temperature & dew point temperature in server halls.
like PAHU rooms, Electrical rooms and MDF rooms.
 Maintain design temperature and indoor air quality in all occupied areas.
The DC building shall be occupied in three phases as per the details provided
 Ensure adherence to Uptime Institute and ASHRAE TC 9.9 standards for server
below:
halls.
 600 server racks per phase.
 Maintain feasible condition for safe evacuation of occupants during fire / smoke
 The Tier IV server halls shall be occupied in the 2nd, 3rd floor and 4th floor of the
alarm conditions.
building.

The server halls will be designed keeping in view the recommendations of Uptime
B) 30 seater office space shall be provided at the 4th floor of the building during
Institute and ASHRAE TC 9.9 standards for Tier IV data center.
phase 1, which will be demolished during the next phase.
The following are the salient features:
C) Office Building is a G + 3 building to the east side of Data Center Building. The
 Design to be fully redundant & fully tolerant
Ground floor includes Reception areas, Board rooms, Training rooms and some
 Facilitate concurrent maintainability
technical rooms such as BMS and UPS rooms. The first and second floors are

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 Compartmentalization (physical isolation) of complementary systems and
distribution paths.
 Chilled water system to have two simultaneously active distribution paths, each
capable of meeting full load requirements.
 Enable planned maintenance activity without adverse impact on the system.
 Tolerate single unplanned failure event without adverse impact on the system
 Continuous Cooling
3. HVAC SCOPE OF WORK
3.1. Air conditioning systems
 Chilled water Dual Coil PAHU’s for serving the Tier- IV racks in the Data center
server modules/halls to suit the Cold Aisle Containment system.
 Chilled water Dual Coil PAHU’s for server racks in MDF rooms serving Tier IV
server halls.
 Chilled water Single Coil PAHU’s for UPS rooms & BMS rooms.
 Conventional Chilled water system for air-conditioning of:
 Transformer rooms
 APFC, LT & HT Panel rooms & Electrical rooms
 Corridors, Reception areas and Lift lobbies
3.2 Ventilation Systems
 Battery room Hydrogen exhaust system (Emergency Mode Only)
 Toilet and Pantry
 GIS panel room, and Pump room.
3.3 Life Safety Systems
 Lift well and Staircase Pressurization system
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 Smoke Purging system in Server halls.
4. CODES, STANDARDS & REFERENCES
The system design, material equipment shall in general comply with the following
requirements of the standards, codes and statutory regulations issued by the relevant
Authorities and Institutions:
 ASHRAE – TC 9.9 (2015) Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments.
 Uptime Institute standards
 ASHRAE – 62.1 (2016) Ventilation for acceptable indoor air quantity
 ASHRAE – 90.1 (2016) Energy standard for buildings except low-rise residential
buildings (Applicable for chillers)
 IS : 277 (2003) Galvanized Steel Sheets (Plain & Corrugated)
 IS: 325 (2007) Three Phase induction Motors
 IS: 659 (2001) Safety codes for Air Conditioning
 IS: 1239 (2004) Specification for Mild Steel and Tubular
 IS: 3589 (2001) Specification for Steel pipes
 IS: 3588 (1999) Specification for Electric Axial fans
 IS: 4894 (1999) Centrifugal Fans
 AHRI standards for Cooling Coil ratings and Chiller Rating
 Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) standards for Axial & Centrifugal fans
 SMACNA – 2005 HVAC Duct construction standards
 National Building Code of India – 2016
 Air filters as per ASHRAE standard 52.1-1992
 National Fire Protection Association – 1 (NFPA-1)(2005)
 Fire strategy as approved by local authority
 ASHRAE Applications Handbook – Data Processing & Electronic office areas
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 ANSI/ASHRAE 127 – Testing standards for Computer Room Air-conditioners (CRAC) The Extreme Annual Design conditions mentioned in Table: 2 is taken from ASHRAE

5. BASIS OF DESIGN Handbook-Fundamentals 2005 as per the Uptime Institute recommendations and is
used for cooling load calculations and equipment sizing for data center server areas.
The Air Conditioning system shall be designed based on the following design
parameters * - An ambient design temperature of 42 Deg C DBT has been considered for cooling
load calculation and equipment sizing.
5.1 OUTSIDE DESIGN CONDITIONS
Project location : Pune, Mumbai 5.2 INDOOR DESIGN CONDITIONS
Latitude : 18.3 Degree North The indoor air quality and thermal environment for air-conditioning areas are
Altitude : 559 m above mean sea level considered based on the following conditions.
Daily Range : 31 Degree F
22 ± 2 (*) °C (inlet to racks) ; 5.5 °C - 15 °C
Data Centre Server Rooms (Cold aisle)
Dew Point
Seasons DBT °C WBT °C RH %
Data Centre Server Rooms (other areas-Hot
Summer 40.0 24.4 28 Not exceeding 35 °C
aisle)
Monsoon 28.3 26.1 82 Electrical Rooms 30 °C Max DBT ; No RH control

Winter 10.0 5.56 50 Transformer Room 30 °C Max DBT ; No RH control

HT and LT panel rooms 30 °C Max DBT ; No RH control
Table 1– Outdoor Design Conditions – Office areas
UPS Room, BMS room 27 ± 2 (*) °C Max DBT ; No RH control
The Outdoor design conditions mentioned in Table: 1 is taken from ISHRAE Handbook Battery Room 25 ± 2 (*) °C DBT ; No RH control
2014 and shall be used for cooling load calculations and equipment sizing for office Reception areas 24 ± 1 °C DBT ; No RH control
areas, mechanical areas, electrical rooms and UPS rooms. Corridors, Lobbies 29 ± 1 °C DBT ; No RH control

Table 3– Indoor Design Conditions

* - The conditions are subject to equipment manufacturer’s recommendations

Description DBT °C WBT °C

Extreme annual design The outdoor air requirements for office spaces shall be 30% more than recommended in
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condition for N = 20 years ASHRAE 62.1 – 2016 standard. Minimum air flow of 170 CFM/rack kW including leakages

Table 2– Outdoor Design Conditions-Data center server areas is considered in server halls and positive pressure ranging in between 5-15 pa will be
maintained to prevent contaminant ingress.

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5.3 BUILDING THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS 5.5 DESIGN PARAMETERS – HVAC EQUIPMENT’S:

The indoor air quality and thermal environment for air-conditioning areas are Air Handling Units and its components:
considered based on the following conditions. Parameter Value
Maximum face velocity across filters 500 FPM
Element Criteria Target value
Opaque external walls U value 2.20 W/m²K Maximum face velocity across cooling coils 500 FPM

Double glazed unit U value U < 2.8 W/ m²K

Table 6– Design parameters-Air handling units
Double glazed unit Shading coefficient SC < 0.3
Pipe sizing: As per ANSI/ ASHRAE /IES Standard 90.1-2013.
Clear viewing glass U value 6.40 W/ m²K
The Chilled water pipe sizes are in accordance with the total flow required for cooling
Ceilings U value 2.70 W/ m²K
load of the DC building
Floors U value 2.50 W/ m²K
Duct design:
Partitions U value 2.27 W/ m²K
Parameter Value
Roofs U value 0.57 W/ m²K Maximum velocity – Air conditioning duct 1500 FPM
Maximum velocity – Ventilation duct 2000 FPM
Table 4- Building envelope properties
Maximum velocity – Pressurization duct 2500 FPM
5.4 SUPPLY AIR REQUIREMENTS: Maximum friction – Air-conditioning duct 0.2” WG / 100 Ft Run
500 FPM (Except Pressurization)
Space Supply air requirements Maximum velocity at supply air outlet
750 FPM (For Pressurization)
For PAHU’s serving Server halls 170 CFM / Rack kW

For Floor grilles serving server halls 154 CFM / Rack kW Table 7– Design parameters-HVAC equipment
For Transformer, electrical rooms and
As per the inside conditions
other supporting areas

Table 5– Supply air requirements

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6. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY – AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS

7. EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION
 Air Conditioning of Data center areas (Server Halls)
The following equipment configuration has been arrived for Tier 4 data center:
Air conditioning for Server halls & MDF rooms shall be provided using Dual coil
Chilled water Precision Air handling units. Each server hall in typical floors shall Floor Phase-1 Phase-2 Phase-3 Total
Air Cooled Chiller Plant
have 10 numbers of working PAHU’s and 2 numbers of standby PAHU’s for
VFD driven Air cooled
redundancy. These PAHU’s are served with chilled water from both Circuit 1 Chillers with Quick start 400 TR – 6 Nos. 400 TR – 6 Nos. 400 TR – 4 Nos. 16 Nos.
feature
(From Air cooled plant) & Circuit 2 (From Water-cooled plant). Circuit 1 feeds
Chilled Water variable
chilled water to coil 1 and Circuit 2 feeds chilled water to Coil 2. This logic is 760 USGPM – 6 760 USGPM – 6 760 USGPM – 4
primary Pumps for Air 16 Nos.
Nos. Nos. Nos.
Cooled chillers
adopted to distribute chilled water for all PAHU’s with dual coils.
Water Cooled Chiller Plant

 Air conditioning in UPS & BMS rooms:

HT Water cooled Chiller 1250 TR – 2 Nos. 1250 TR – 2 Nos. 1250 TR – 1 No. 5 Nos.
The UPS rooms & BMS rooms in DC building shall be conditioned using single
coil chilled water PAHU with EC fans. There are two PAHU’s proposed for each Chilled Water Variable
2375 USGPM – 2 2375 USGPM – 2 2375 USGPM – 1
Primary Pumps for Water 5 Nos.
UPS room with one working & standby. Nos. Nos. No.
Cooled chillers

 Air conditioning in Battery rooms: Condenser Water Pumps 3125 USGPM – 2 3125 USGPM – 2 3125 USGPM – 1 5 Nos.
for Water Cooled chillers Nos. Nos. Nos.
The Battery room in DC building shall be air-conditioned using conventional
3125 USGPM – 2 3125 USGPM – 2 3125 USGPM – 1
ceiling suspended chilled water AHU with 4/6 row cooling coil. These CAHU’s Cooling Towers
Nos.
5 Nos.
Nos. Nos.
are with and mixing box. The return air from battery rooms are ducted.
48 TR / 25500CFM 48TR / 25500CFM 48 TR / 25500CFM
PAHU’s for Server Rooms 144 Nos.
48 Nos. 48 Nos. 48 Nos.
 Tempered Air cooling in Electrical room, Transformer room, Panel rooms:
Tempered cooling shall be used in areas such as Electrical Room, Transformer
Room & Panel Room to ensure that the space temperatures do not exceed Table 8– Chiller Configurations for Tier 4 Data center
30˚C. This shall be achieved by using chilled water vertical AHUs with 4/6 row
cooling coil. These AHUs are with VFD and mixing box.

 Air conditioning in Security Office:

The Security office at the entrance of campus is air conditioned using Hi wall
type Split AC.

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8. SCHEME DESCRIPTION
8.1 WATER COOLED CHILLER PLANT & AIR COOLED CHILLER PLANT
HVAC plant 1: Water cooled chiller plant (Circuit 2)
HVAC plant 2: Air-cooled chiller plant (Circuit 1)
HVAC plant 1 shall be planned at ground floor and HVAC plant 2 shall be planned at the
terrace level of main Data Center building respectively as per capacities and
configuration mentioned in Table 8.
Hybrid system with Air cooled chillers & Water cooled chillers has been sized for 100%
load to meet N+N redundancy requirements,
(A) If 100% Air cooled chiller works, all the water cooled chillers are standby,
(B) If all the water cooled chillers will work 100%, then all the Air cooled chillers are
standby
(C) If 50% of the total chillers work, remaining 50% shall be standby.
The Air cooled chillers serving the Tier IV Data Center shall be with variable speed drive
and the water cooled chillers shall be of HT type without VFD.
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8.2 HIGH SIDE SCHEME FOR TIER IV
2 Separate simultaneously active chilled water circuits shall be provided to cater the air
conditioning requirements of Tier-IV data center.
From the chiller plants, 2 separate chilled water circuit (simultaneously active) has been
proposed which runs through the building vertical risers (Riser 1 & Riser 2) and gets
connected to PAHUs, AHU’s, CAHU’s & VAHU’s.
PAHUs shall have dual coil and Coil 1 of each unit shall be connected to active circuit 1
and coil 2 of each unit shall be connected to active circuit 2. This scheme is proposed to
ensure that there is always 50% water flow availability in both the chilled water coils in
PAHU during normal mode operation. During failure of any one cooling coil, the other
coil shall receive 100% flow and ensures that there is no impact on cold air distribution
to the racks.
In addition to the above, there are two standby PAHU’s for each server hall and the EC
fans of all PAHU’s including standby shall ensure that all fans ramp up and ramp down
the speed uniformly depending on the cooling requirements and ensures that sufficient
cold air is available at the server rack inlet.
The chilled water flow through the cooling coil is modulated based on the supply air
temperature sensor and the EC fan speed is modulated based on the average reading
measured by the cold aisle temperature sensors.
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8.3 PUMPING STRATEGY AND PIPING
 The HVAC Plant 1 & Plant 2 shall have Variable speed chilled water circulation primary
pumps and its associated piping connected with the respective plants comprising of
air cooled chillers & water cooled chillers.
 Variable speed Chilled water pumps shall be insulated with insulation of same
material & thickness as the connected pipe. GI powder coated sheet cladding shall be
provided for the insulation.
 All Chilled water pumps shall be connected to its respective chiller and there is no
common header pumping system.
 The Chilled water pipes (running in vertical shafts & floor level) shall be served by
means of site-insulated Chilled water Mild steel pipes with all necessary fittings like
bends, elbows, tees, reducers, hanger, supports, etc. and shall be Class C as per IS
1239 (2004) up to 150mm dia. and as per IS 3589 (2001) for 200mm dia. & above. The
Pipes shall be rated for 10 bar working pressure.
 Chilled water pipes running in Terrace level, vertical shafts and floor level shall be
insulated with closed cell elastomeric aluminum foiled nitrile rubber insulation and
with density of 40-60 kg/m3 and thermal conductivity not exceeding 0.038 W/m 0K.
The insulation material shall be fire rated for Class 0 as per BS 476 Part 6: 1989 for fire
propagation test and for Class 1 as per BS 476 Part 7, 1987 for surface spread of flame
test. The chilled water piping insulation shall be covered with 26G Aluminum cladding
as mechanical protection.
 Drain water shall be taken through insulated UPVC pipes to the nearest drain point
located in the AHU room / PAHU room. Drain pipe shall be insulated with 9mm thick
nitrile rubber. For drain pipes running in PAHU rooms there shall be two drain headers
each connected to its respective drain point to ensure that there is proper drain flow
from the PAHU’s to satisfy the redundancy requirements.
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 The chilled water shall be generated at 13.0°C temperature by a set of air cooled &
water cooled chillers in HVAC plant 1 & HVAC plant 2.
 Chilled water generated by the air cooled chillers shall be pumped into a separate
circuit and chilled water generated by the water cooled chiller plant shall be pumped
into a separate circuit.
 From the main chilled water pipe line, the chilled water shall be distributed through
the vertical shafts to the AHUs, CAHUs, FCUs & PAHU’s
8.4 AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
 Grills shall be provided as air distribution terminal units.
 Floor grills with dampers are proposed for supply air for server halls.
 Thermal insulation for false flooring using Nitrile rubber (19 mm thick).
Air Distribution system for common areas:
 Air conditioned air shall be provided with GI ducting (with 120 GSM coating). The
galvanized sheet metal duct shall be as per SMACNA. The Galvanized steel sheet shall
be confirmed to IS 277.
 Diffusers / Grills shall be provided as air distribution terminal units.
 Fusible link fire dampers shall be provided in fire zone crossings. Dampers shall be as
per UL-555, 1995 certified by CBRI Roorkee
 The duct Thermal insulation shall with 13 mm thick closed cell Self Adhesive Nitrile
Rubber / Polyoleifin meeting Class 0 as per BS 476 Part 7.
8.5 Cold Aisle Containment system for server halls:
 A cold-aisle containment system encloses the cold aisle, allowing the rest of the data
center to become a large hot-air return plenum.
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 By containing the cold aisle, the hot and cold air streams are separated. Sl.no. Space Design basis System type Equipment locations
 The containment method requires that the rows of racks be set up in a consistent
1 Toilets 10 ACPH Propeller fan Respective floor level
cold-aisle arrangement and hence the same needs to be ensured.
 Each cold aisle containment has temperature sensors at the aisle high level to As per heat
2 Pump Room Vane Axial fan Underground level
dissipation
ensure that the set temperature is always available in the cold aisle. These sensors
are connected to the EC fans of PAHU’s which helps to ramp up / down the speed of Spark proof Ducted
Battery
3 1 cfm / sq. ft. inline fan with Respective floor level
EC fans depending on the load requirements. room
Hydrogen sensor

Table 9–Design Basis – Ventilation System

10. LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS

Sl.no. Space System Design basis

1 Lift wells Pressurization Pressure difference 50Pa

Fire escape staircase-

2 Pressurization Pressure difference 50Pa
internal to building

3 Server Halls Smoke Purging 1 ACPH

Table 10–Design Basis – Life Safety System

Figure 3– Cold Aisle Containment scheme

 Lift wells shall be pressurized using tube axial type and shall be located at the terrace.
 Lift well shall be pressurized from terrace directly pumping to the well.
9. VENTILATION SYSTEMS  Staircase pressurization for internal staircase shall be distributed through a vertical
Ventilation will be provided for areas like toilets, pantry, and Battery rooms. The masonry shaft from terrace & grilles shall be fixed in the masonry wall every three
landings.
ventilation system will be sized based on the air change rates or equipment heat
dissipation as per below table 9.

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 Smoke Purging system for Server halls shall be through smoke spill type tube axial fan
at floor level.

11. EQUIPMENT / SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

11.1 Air cooled chiller characteristics

The Air cooled chiller should be approved as per ARI standard 550/590-2011 (Latest) and
Eurovent certified. Proposed Air cooled chiller characteristics are listed below.

SL NO DESCRIPTION Design parameter

Figure 4–Recovery timeline of a chiller
1 Chilled water inlet temperature 20°C

2 Chilled water outlet temperature
3 Chilled water flow rate / chiller
4 Evaporator Fouling Resistance
5 Load / Chiller
Table 11–Air Cooled Chiller Characteristics
13°C The Quick start feature for Air cooled chillers enables it to get back to pre-power failure
operating capacity within 3 minutes to 6 minutes with respect to each chiller
1.9 USGPM / TR
manufacturer. Benefits of quick start air cooled chiller are as below:
0.0001 FPS units
 Reduces the time for chiller restart after a power failure.
As Per Table 11-12
 Rapidly brings the chiller back to pre-power failure operating capacity.
 Keeps critical space and equipment cooled.
 Reduces the risk of expensive downtime.

11.2 Water cooled HT chiller characteristics

The Water cooled HT chiller should be approved as per ARI standard 550/590-2011
(Latest) and Eurovent certified. Proposed Water cooled chiller characteristics are listed
below.

SL NO DESCRIPTION Design parameter

1 Chilled water inlet temperature 20°C

2 Chilled water outlet temperature 13°C

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3 Condenser water inlet temperature 32.89°C  MS pipes of Heavy class (Class C) shall be provided for condenser water piping.

4 Condenser water outlet temperature 39.56°C  The condenser water pumps are proposed to be located in the ground floor HVAC
plant room of the DC building.
5 Chilled water flow rate / chiller 1.9 USGPM / TR

6 Condenser water flow rate / chiller 2.5 USGPM / TR

11.5 Cooling Towers
7 Evaporator Fouling Resistance 0.0001 FPS units

8 Condenser Fouling Resistance 0.00025 FPS units  The cooling tower shall be open type with counter flow construction.

9 Load / Chiller As Per Table 11-12  Cooling tower fans shall be belt driven / direct driven / Gear reducer driven with
variable speed drives (VFD) for optimized operation of fans during part load
10 Design Wet Bulb Temperature 29 deg C
conditions and favorable ambient wet bulb conditions.
Table 12–Water Cooled Chiller Characteristics
 The cooling tower shall be proposed to be located in the terrace of the DC building.
11.3 Chilled Water Pumps  Make up water shall be supplied from Terrace Water tank to maintain constant

 Variable Primary Flow pumping system will be installed; broadly comprises of vertical amount of water in the condenser water circuit. The cooling tower sizing and make

split case pumps with factory fitted motor suitable for variable speed application. up water calculation are shown in the below tables:

 A pump logic controller capable of communicating with differential pressure sensors

Make Up Water Flow Rate for Cooling Tower - (24 Hr System)
will be installed in the respective chiller plant manager for sequential operation of the
Ambient Wet Bulb Temperature 84.2 Deg. F
pumps and to optimize energy consumption during part load operations. Approach of Cooling tower 7 Deg.F
 The pumps are provided with VFD to offset pressure drop in the header due to Outlet temperature of water 91.2 Deg. F
Inlet - Outlet (∆T) 10 Deg. F
phasewise loading of the chillers Inlet temperature of water 103.2 Deg. F
Chiller capacity(50% of water cooled system) 3125 TR
Selected water quantity 450 m3 / Day
11.4 Condenser Water Pumps
Table 13 – Cooling tower sizing & Make up water requirement
 Constant flow condenser pumping system will be installed broadly comprises of
horizontal split case pumps with factory fitted motor mounted either horizontal /
vertical.
 The condenser water system is an open loop system connecting condenser of the
water cooled chiller, condenser water pumps and cooling tower.

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11.6 Buffer Tank
It is proposed to provide Chilled water back up to meet the required capacities for 10
minutes for Tier 4 rack system which is sufficient to meet the pre-power failure
operating capacity.
Buffer tank is used to balance cooling energy demand between day time & night time. It
is also used to store cool energy for use as a buffer during emergency/shut down in
critical applications.
For Phase 1 cooling requirements, we need to have a total volume of 130 Cu.m. to cater
the building load for 10 minutes during power failure. As the Chilled water pipe volume
available during phase 1 is about 150 Cu.m. and will be sufficient to supply the required
chilled water for a period of 10 minutes during power failure to chillers. Hence there are
no buffer tanks envisaged for Phase 1.
For Phase 1& 2 cooling requirements, we need a buffer tank volume of 195 Cu.m. to
cater to the building load for 10 minutes during power failure. Hence 1Nos of 65 Cu.m.
buffer tanks shall be installed during Phase 2.
For Phase 1,2& 3 cooling requirements, we need a buffer tank volume of 260 Cu.m. to
cater to the building load for 10 minutes during power failure. Hence additional 1 Nos of
65 Cu.m. buffer tanks shall be installed during Phase 3.
11.7 Precision Air handling units (PAHU)
 Precision Air Conditioning shall be floor discharge type Dual Coil (chilled water +
chilled water) unit for all server halls. Whereas for serving UPS rooms shall be served
by Single Coil PAHU’s.
 The dual coil machines shall have inbuilt PIBCV / 2 way valves on both circuit.
 The unit shall have the provision for dual power supply.
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 All PAHUs shall have EC fans with EFF1 motors.
11.8 Air Handling Units (AHU)
 The Air handling units (AHU) will be selected based on cooling load calculations and to
meet the peak load from each zone. Proposed AHU will be double skinned
construction. AHU will comprise mixing box section, filter section, chilled water
cooling coil section and a fan section.
 The cooling coils will be sized for a velocity of 2.5 m/s and the filters will be sized for a
face velocity of less than 2.5 m/s.
 All floor mounted AHUs will have backward / forward curved centrifugal fans and coil
section with 4/ 6 Row copper tube (as per heat load) cooling coil with Aluminum fins
& 22 G SS drain tray. All AHU will have single stage (MERV-8-EU4) filters. Also each
floor mounted AHUs will be provided with Neoprene vibration pads.
 AHU shall have a lamp with a switch for the maintenance. Sound level at 1.5m
distance shall be less than 75 dBA. Limit switch with internal wiring shall be provided
for the safety purpose. Each AHU shall have switch arrangement at the outside so that
the user shall control the lighting from outside.
 AHU shall be provided with VFD.
 AHU coil shall be certified by AHRI.
 CAHUs are without VFD.
11.9 Fan Coil Units (FCU)
 Chilled water type horizontal Fan Coil Units (FCU) shall be blow through type with 3
row cooling coil, cleanable fabric filter, main condensate extended insulated SS drain
pan, completed with factory fitted modulating type PICBV valve, ball valve with
strainer, ball valve without strainer, balancing valve, drain pipe provision and
necessary supports.
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 The FCU shall have forward curved centrifugal fan. Electrical rooms

12. SALIENT FEATURES OF DESIGN 5. Single coil PAHU’s for UPS room  NA NA

 Fault Tolerant system for Data server hall 7. Conventional CAHU’s for corridor areas  NA NA
 Redundant chilled water plant 8. Horizontal piping network  NA NA
 Concurrently Maintainable system for Data server hall. 9. Individual pipe connections to the equipment’s   
 Quick start featured air cooled chillers with VFD
10. Drain Piping  NA NA
 HT Water cooled chillers.
11. All Toilets  NA NA
 Inbuilt Harmonic filters/free standing in Air cooled chiller Panel.
12. Battery room Ventilation  NA NA
 High ∆T chillers.
 The COP of chillers as per ASHRAE 90.1 – 2016. DC Building – First Floor

 Variable primary chilled water pumping system Conventional AHU’s / VAHU’s / CAHU’s for LT
1.   
panel rooms, Battery rooms, Corridors
 Redundancy chilled water piping.
 VFD for cooling tower fan motors. 2. Single coil PAHU’s for UPS room NA  

 Buffer tank for energy storage. ( 10 minutes backup) 4. Horizontal piping network   
 High static (ESP 10 mm) PAHUs with dual coil 5. Individual pipe connections to the equipment’s   
 Hydrogen Sensor operated Hydrogen exhaust fans for Battery rooms 5. Drain Piping  NA NA

6. All Toilets  X X
13. SCOPE MATRIX
7. Battery room Ventilation NA  
Sl.No, Description Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
DC Building – Second floor
DC Building – Ground Floor
1. PAHU – Server Halls 1 - 4 (Tier-4)  X NA
1. Water cooled chillers   
2. PAHU – MDF Rooms  NA NA
2. Primary chilled water pumps   
3. TFA’s for Server Halls 1 - 4  NA NA
3. Foundation for chillers & pumps  NA NA
4. Conventional CAHU’s for corridor areas  NA NA
4. Conventional AHU’s / VAHU’s for Transformer    5. Horizontal piping network  NA NA
rooms, HT panel rooms, Battery rooms,

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6. Individual pipe connections to the equipment’s  NA NA 7. All Toilets X X 

7. Drain Piping  NA NA 8. Floor Insulation NA NA 

8. All Toilets  NA NA 9. Office Area (30 Seater Capacity)  NA NA

9. Floor Insulation  NA NA DC Building – Terrace floor

DC Building – Third floor 1. Air cooled chillers   

1. PAHU – Server Halls 1 - 4 (Tier-4) X  NA 2. Primary chilled water pumps   

2. PAHU – MDF Rooms X  NA 3. Conventional AHU’s for Electrical rooms   

3. TFA’s for Server Halls 1 - 4 X  NA 4. Foundation for chillers & pumps   

4. Conventional CAHU’s for corridor areas X  NA 5. Life safety system (Lift well Pressurization)  NA NA

5. Horizontal piping network X  NA 6. Cooling Tower   

6. Individual pipe connections to the equipment’s X  NA 7. Condenser water Pumps   

7. Drain Piping X  NA 8. Foundation for all equipment  NA NA

8. All Toilets X  NA

8. Floor Insulation X  NA – Considered in Scope

DC Building – Fourth floor x – Not Considered in Scope

NA – Not Applicable
1. PAHU – Server Halls 1 - 3 (Tier-4) X X 

2. PAHU – MDF Rooms X X 

3. TFA’s for Server Halls 1 - 4 X X 

4. Conventional AHU’s for corridor areas X X 

5. Horizontal piping network X X 

6. Individual pipe connections to the equipment’s X X 

6. Drain Piping X X 

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