Chilled Water Systems[1][1]Chilled water systems were used in less than 4% of commercial buildings in the U
in 1995
However,because chillers are usually installed in larger buildings, chillers cooled over 28% of the U
commercialbuilding floor space that same year (DOE, 1998)
Five types of chillers are commonly applied to commercialbuildings: reciprocating, screw, scroll, centrifugal, and absorption
The first four utilize the vaporcompression cycle to produce chilled water
They differ primarily in the type of compressor used
Absorption chillers utilize thermal energy (typically steam or combustion source) in an absorption cyclewith either an ammonia-water or water-lithium bromide solution to produce chilled water
Overall SystemFigure 4
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