absorption chiller
absorption chiller
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What is the normal life of an absorption chiller?
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RE: absorption chiller
Also had a pair of York direct fired units. York told me normal expected life was about 20 years. That is with proper maintenance.
RE: absorption chiller
RE: absorption chiller
RE: absorption chiller
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RE: absorption chiller
Had only grief with them in the past!
RE: absorption chiller
RE: absorption chiller
I will say that if you don't have someone that is willing to learn the machines you will have trouble with them. Most vendors do have maintenance programs where they will perform periodic checks, start up, safety checks, and all required maintenance. But even with that you still need someone that knows the machines, or they will fail you.
RE: absorption chiller
I work in an industry where chilled water systems are a support for the main product and are treated poorly. I have seen chillers crystallized frequently because operations cannot (or don't want to) follow a simple start up procedure. The main product equipment is significantly more complex than a chilled water system, but they just can't figure out how to run it.
I have also trained maintenance people how to operate the vacuum pumps and worked with their planners to put it on their schedules, only to show up on-site three months later and seeing the last purge date being when I trained them.
In the paper industry, with this type of care, I've seen an LiBr chiller last 10 years. I've also seen them at different mills last 25 years with a generator section rebuild.
If you have a lot of waste heat, they are great for chilled water at a cheaper energy rate. The maintenace rate for a chiller is expensive, but beats systems that have a number of smaller air cooled systems.