Valves Help Enable Computerized Control of Chiller and Cooling-Tower Operation - Florida university succeeds in lowering labor costs

摘要

At the University of North Florida (UNF) in Jacksonville, Fla., labor savings was the primary driver for a carefully orchestrated control strategy, one that gives chilled-water-plant personnel computerized remote control of chilled water and cooling-tower operation. With more than 50 Belimo actuated control valves in the UNF chiller plant alone, facility personnel can mix and match chiller and cooling-tower operation seamlessly via an Andover Continuum building-management system (BMS) according to load or other requirements. For example, if a tower needs servicing or cleaning, the system will switch over to another cooling-tower cell automatically.