SECTION 15780

HVAC-UNITARY AIR CONDITIONERS

(MINI SPLIT& VRF)

PART - 1 GENERAL

1.01 DESCRIPTION
A. General:
1. Furnish all labour, materials, tools, equipment, and services for Unitary Air
Conditioners (Mini Split & VRF System) , in accordance with provisions of
Contract Documents.
2. Completely coordinate with work of all other trades.
3. Although such work is not specifically indicated, furnish and install all
supplementary or miscellaneous items, appurtenances and devices incidental to or
necessary for a sound, secure and complete installation.
4. See Division 1, for General Requirements
B. Work Included: This section covers the furnishing, installation, testing and balancing of
Unitary Air Conditioners in satisfactory conditions, location, as shown on the drawings.
C. Related work specified elsewhere:
1. Section 15050 Basic Mechanical Requirements
2. Section 15140 Hangers and Supports.
3. Section 15240 Mechanical Vibration and Seismic Control.
4. Section 15990 Testing, Adjusting and Balancing.

1.02 APPLICABLE CODES AND STANDARDS

A. ASHRAE - American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
Engineers.
B. AMCA - Air Moving and Conditioning Association.
C. ANSI - American National Standard Institute.
D. ARI - Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute.
E. ASTM - American Society for Testing and Material.
F. NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
G. NFPA - National Fire Protection Association.
H. SMACNA - Sheet Metal and Air-Conditioning Contractors National Association.
I. UL - Underwriter Laboratories.

1.03 SUBMITTALS..

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 The Contractor shall submit to Client the following items for review before
commencing work:

A. Shop drawings showing materials, principal dimensions, supports, and manufacturing

and installation details.
B. A schedule of all equipment indicating performance, location, types, capacities and
sound power level values.
C. Copies of manufacturer’s technical specifications including detailed installation
instruction for unitary air conditioning equipment.
D. Certificate of compliance stating that the material used and construction conform to all
requirements of this specification.
E. Operation and maintenance manuals including recommended spare parts list.

1.04 PRODUCT HANDLING

A. All products shall be delivered in manufacturer’s original, protective packaging.
B. All products shall be inspected at time of delivery for damage and for compliance with
specifications.
C. Any products that are damaged or found not to be in accordance with the specifications
shall be immediately repaired or replaced.
D. All products shall be handled and stored as recommended by the manufacturer to
prevent damage and deterioration.

1.05 QUALITY CONTROL

A. The Contractor shall maintain a qualified representative on-site during all works.
B. Guarantees: guarantee for whole equipment shall be for two years from the date of
initial handing over. Guarantee for compressors shall be 5 years from the date of initial
handing over..

PART - 2 PRODUCTS

2.01 MINI - SPLIT AIR CONDITIONERS

A. GENERAL
1. Mini-split air conditioners shall consist of indoor evaporator-blower unit (SU)
and outdoor remote air-cooled condensing unit (CU).
2. The two components shall be designed to be used together and ratings shall be
based on the use of the matched assemblies.
3. The units shall be constructed and rated in accordance with ARI Standards.
4. Performance diagrams shall be provided for units with capacities not certified by
ARI to demonstrate that the components of the air conditioning system furnished
will satisfy the capacity requirement specified or indicated on the drawings.
5. Each unit shall be provided with a factory operating charge of refrigerant and oil
or a holding charge.
6. Where units are shipped without refrigerant holding charge, the system shall be
completely charged in the field.
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 7. The outdoor and indoor units shall conform to the requirements of ARI 210 and
UL 465.
B. EVAPORATOR - BLOWER SECTION (INDOOR COMPONENT - SU):
1. The evaporator- blower section shall include a cooling coil, expansion device,
three speed blower, washable air filter, condensate drain pan and controls. The
exposed unit shall have enameled finish casing.
2. Blower shall be quiet conform to AMCA 210, specifically designed to be suitable
for the operating pressure, and shall have either greaseable or permanently
lubricated ball or roller bearings.
3. Fans assemblies shall be both statically and dynamically balanced in the fan
housing and final assembly.
4. Fan motors shall conform to NEMA MG2. Motor starters shall conform to
NEMA ICS 1, and shall be magnetic across-the-line type with weather resistance
enclosed. Motors shall be totally enclosed type.
5. The controller shall be wireless remote controller with liquid crystal display
window, automatic fan speed, fan/cool/heat operating modes, sleeping operating
circuit, thermostat, remote temperature setting, 24-hour full timer (timer ON and
timer OFF), automatic air swing and three minutes delay circuit (to prevent fuse
blowing).
C. CONDENSING SECTION(OUTDOOR COMPONENT - CU):
The condensing section shall be a complete packaged, factory assembled electrically
operated unit, consisting of a weather proof housing and vibration mounting
hermetic type compressor, air cooled condenser with Spine fin coil treated by
anticorrosion coating, circulating fan and motor, and the necessary structural frame,
valves, wiring, internal overload protection, internal pressure relief valve and
controls. The unit shall be rated at outdoor dry and wet bulb temperatures as
indicated in the drawings.

2.02 SPLIT AIR CONDITIONERS ( VRF /VRV) SYSTEM

1. GENERAL:
The system design, basis of design, estimated requirements and other relevant data are
outlined in this section. The detailed specifications and specific requirements are
outlined in the subsequent sections.

2. SCOPE OF WORK:
The scope comprises supply, installation, testing commissioning of air-conditioning by
VRV/ VRF system. The system to facilitate the operation & control of individual room.
The system shall be able to cater the partial load which can be as low as 10% of the
total load. Thereby the operation of indoor & outdoor units is minimized. The Inverter
based Scroll Compressors/Digital Scroll compressor which has higher EER are
employed in the VRV/VRF systems ensure trouble free operation. The drain point of
each unit shall be connected to the common drain point. Proposed AC system will be
microprocessor controlled inclusive of safety factor & gadgets.
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 The condensing units should be capable of providing cooling within ambient range of -
5 degree C to 50 degree C DB & heating is the range of 0 degree C to 15 degree DB.
The Outdoor Unit should have a D-Shape Coil for better efficiency and TOP Discharge
DC Current Operated Fan Motor. All the Indoor Units to have a EEV built in system
and nowhere the EEV to be placed outside separately. All expose pipe to be covered
with race way or heavy duty flexible pipe for protection. Special precaution to be taken
while, installing of the drain piping. The contractor shall be responsible for any leakage
/ seepage due to poor installation of HVAC drain till the guarantee period. Drain point
to be tested for 24 hours after blocking one end. Drain piping will be plugged at both
ends by appropriate method after completing the drain test to avoid chocking due to
foreign material.

3. OUTDOOR UNIT WITH HEAT PUMP.

The outdoor shall be factory assembled weather proof casing constructed from heavy
gauge MS panels and coated with baked enamel finish of color approved by architect.
The unit should be completely factory wired tested with all necessary control.
All ODU shall have minimum 2 Scroll Compressors and be able to operate even in case
one of the compressors is out of order.
It should also be provided with duty cycling for multiple Inverter/Digital Compressor
switching starting sequence of multiple ODU.
The ODU shall be modular in design and should be allowed for side by side installation
the unit shall be provided with its microprocessor control panel. The ODU unit should
have anti-corrosive point free steel plate for easy mounting of the unit.
The ODU should be filled with low noise, aero-spiral design fan with grill for spiral
discharge airflow to reduce pressure loss and should be fitted with DC Fan Motor to
better efficiency. The unit should also be capable to deliver of adequate external static
pressure.
The condensing unit shall be designed to operate safely when connected to multiple fan
coil units.
Noise level shall not be more than 60 dB (A) at normal operation measured horizontally
1 M away and 1.5 M above ground.

Control Wiring from ODU to IDU shall be contractors scope.

A. COMPRESSOR :

1- The compressor shall be Highly Efficient Hermetic Scroll type and capable of Inverter
Control. It shall change the speed in accordance to the variation in cooling load
requirement or the refrigerant volume thru loading or unloading.
2- All outdoor units shall have multiple steps of capacity control to meet load on
fluctuation and indoor unit should have individual control. All parts of compressor
shall be sufficiently lubricated stock. Forced lubrication may also be employed.
3- ODU heater to be provided in compressor casing.
4- The inverter shall be IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor) type for efficient and

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 quiet operation.

B. HEAT EXCHANGER

1- The heat exchanger shall be constructed with copper tubes mechanically bonded to
Aluminum fins to form a cross fin coil.
2- The Aluminum fins shall be treated with anti-corrosion resin film.

3- The unit should be with E- bypass / Split type Heat Exchanger for good efficiency of
condenser.

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 4- The unit shall be provided with necessary number of direct driven low noise level
propeller type fan arranged for vertical/ horizontal discharge. Each fan shall have safety
guard.

C. REFERIGERENT CIRCUIT

1- The refrigerant circuit shall have liquid and gas shut off valve or a solenoid valve at
condenser end.

2- All necessary safety devices shall be provided to ensure the safety operation of the
system.

D. SAFETY DEVICES

1- Following safety devices shall be part of ODU:

(a.) High Pressure Switch.
(b.) Fuse.
(c.) Fan Drive OLP.
(d.) Fusible plug
(e.) OLR
(f.) OLP for Inverter/digital.
(g.) Single Phase preventer

E. ANTI CORROSION TREATMENT

1- The portions of machines like side panel, outer panel , bottom frame, which are exposed
to corrosive atmosphere, should be alloyed hot-dip zinc coated steel plate, coated with
corrosion protection powder polyester resin coating on both inner and outer surfaces in
thickness of 64microns or more.
2- Finned coil protection net should have coating of resin coating containing ultraviolet
ray absorbent. Fan and its fan protective net should be with weather resistant
polypropylene resin.
3- The copper pipe-aluminum fan shall be with special acrylic resin coated. And internal
supports, frame, control box shall also be hot-dip zinc coated steel plate and with rust
preventive powder coating of 64 microns or more on inner and outer surface.
4- All screws, bolts used in outdoor unit shall be with SUS410, Zinc-Nickel alloy plating,
zinc chrome acid film treatment and rust inhibitor coating.

F. OIL RECOVERY SYSTEM:

Unit shall be equipped with an oil recovery system to ensure stable operation with long refrigeration
piping length. High efficiency oil separator shall be fitted to the discharge side of the compressor
together with factory filled oil equalization system.

4. INDOOR UNIT

A. GENERAL

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The selection deals with supply installation testing commissioning of various types of indoor
units confirming to general specifications. Each indoor unit has Electronic Expansion
Valve which senses the temperature based on variation of the load and conveys the same
for the outdoor modules to respond accordingly. The indoor unit shall be selected as per
the dehumidified CFM.

1- Indoor units shall be either ceiling mounted cassette type, or ceiling mounted ductable
type or floor standing type or wall mounted type or other as specified in BOQ. Each
unit shall have electronic control valve to control the refrigerant flow rate respond to
load variations in the rooms.

1.1 The address of the indoor unit shall be set automatically in case of individual and group
control

1.2 In case of centralized control, it shall be set by liquid crystals remote Controller.

2- The fan shall be dual suction, aerodynamically designed turbo, multi-blade type, statically
& dynamically balanced to ensure low noise and vibration free operation of the system.
The fan shall be direct driven type, mounted directly on motor shaft having support from
housing.

3- The cooling coil shall be made out of seamless copper tubes and have continuous
aluminum fins. The fins shall be spaced by collars forming an integral part. The tubes
shall be staggered in the direction of airflow. The tubes shall be
hydraulically/mechanically expanded for minimum thermal contact resistance with fins.
Each coil shall be factory tested at 21 kg/sqm air pressure under water.

4- Unit shall have cleanable type filter fixed to an integrally molded plastic frame. The filter
shall be slide away type and neatly inserted.

5- Each unit shall be provided with Electronic Expansion Valve for cooling and heating.

6- Each unit shall be with wireless LCD type remote controller. The controller shall be able
to change the fan speed and angle of swing flap individually and change s in set
temperature as per requirement.

5. CENTRALISED CONTROL CENTER

1- A multifunctional compact controller shall be provided with the system. The Controller
must act as an advanced air-conditioning management system to give complete control of
VRV air-conditioning Equipment. It should have easy for operation.

6. REFERIGERENT

1- Refrigerant should be only R-410A.

7. REFRIGERANT PIPING, FITTINGS AND ACCESSORIES

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 1- Pipe shall be type “K” or “L” (ASTM B-88) Copper Tubing.
2- Insulation shall be 40 mm thickness - rigid, closed cell polyurethane with minimum 30
kg / m3 density and a thermal conductivity of 0.025 w/m2. ºC at 24 ºC mean
temperature.
3- Jacket shall be a type I grade I polyvinyl chloride with a minimum wall thickness of 1.5
mm.
4- Couplings shall be machine grooved for O-Ring seals. Coupling shall be insulated,
jacketed and sealed.
5- All fittings shall be ASA B16.22 wrought copper fittings, solder joints shall be made with
silver solder.

8. DRAIN PIPING

1- Shall be UPVC.

2- The Indoor units shall be connected to the drain pipe made of rigid heavy duty UPVC,
density 10 KG/ sqcm. The pipe under floor should be 20 Kg/sqcm .
3- The pipe shall be laid in proper slope for efficient draining of the condensate water.

PART - 3 EXECUTION

A. INSPECTION
The Contractor shall inspect all products for damage immediately before installation.
any products that are damaged or not in accordance with the specifications shall
immediately be repaired or removed from site and replaced.

B. INSTALLATION

1. General:
a. The Unitary air conditioners shall be installed in strict accordance with the
manufacturer's recommendations and in accordance with all applicable Codes and
Standards.
b. The Unitary air conditioners shall be installed as shown on the drawings and on the
approved shop drawings.
c. The installation of all units shall be such that no vibrations may be generated,
whether through the roof or the ducts.
d. System leak testing, evacuation, dehydration, and charging with refrigerant shall
conform with ARI 260.
2. Leak Testing:

a. Upon completion of installation of the Unitary air conditioners, all factory and field
refrigerant piping shall be tested with an electronic - type leak detector to acquire a
leak tight refrigerant system. If leaks are detected at the time of installation or during
the warranty period the entire refrigerant charge shall be removed from the system,
the leaks repaired and the system re-tested.
3. Evacuation, Dehydration, and Charging:
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 After system is found to be without leaks, the system shall be evacuated using a
reliable gauge and a vacuum pump capable of pulling a vacuum of at least 1 mm Hg
absolute. The system shall be evacuated in strict accordance with equipment
manufacturer's printed instructions.
4. Start-up and Operation Tests:
The unitary air conditioner and its components shall be started and initially placed
under operation and checked to see that it is functioning correctly. Safety and
automatic control instruments shall be adjusted as necessary to place them in proper
operation and sequence. The operational test shall be not less than eight hours.

END OF SECTION