Modular Chillers | Water Cooled Chillers | Air Cooled Chillers - A Core Component of the HVAC System
A core component of the HVAC system, a chiller cools the water or brine used to cool and dehumidify air in buildings or industrial processes. It's a factory-assembled unit that cools the water or brine using an evaporator and has an internal or a remote condenser with appropriate controls. The condenser can be either water-cooled or air-cooled. A chiller based on such a design has a variety of applications, from space cooling to process purposes.
What is Modular Chiller?
A modular chiller is used to cool the brine and water and to dehumidify the air in industrial processes and buildings. Modular chillers are capable of this cooling using the evaporator and also have an installed internal or remote condenser with appropriate controls. The condenser in the modular chillers can be of two types as water-cooled or air-cooled condenser. The modular chillers have gained increasing popularity due to their wide range of applications from space cooling to process purposes.
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Benefits of Modular Chillers
Modular chillers offer a wide range of benefits to your commercial or industrial HVAC system and your facility overall. For example, they’re smaller in size than standard chillers, so they’re great for retrofitting old heating and air conditioning equipment. You can fit the modules into an existing HVAC system more easily than you can a standard chiller. Additionally, having multiple modules gives your system extra redundancy. That means you’ll face less downtime if one of the modules malfunctions because each module has its own dedicated power, so it can keep producing cooling capacity for your system.
Other important benefits include modular chillers’ energy efficiency and reduced environmental impact. Modular chillers can be adapted for heat pumps, so they can provide heating capacity as well as cooling capacity. You can use this flexibility to cool or heat your facility as needed while you perform your commercial or industrial processes. Additionally, modular chillers meet the ASHRAE 90.1 standard easily. Some modular chillers, such as the Carrier AquaSnap Air-Cooled Chillers and Water-Cooled Chillers, use non-ozone-depleting refrigerants. These features reduce modular chillers’ environmental impact and make sure they keep your facility safe as they help cool it.