Ahli Bank

Ahli Bank Head Office Building

Comparative Study on HVAC System
December 2010
 Ahli Bank
Ahli Bank Head Quarters Building
Comparative Study on HVAC System
December 2010

Report no. 001-DS-DOC-04

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Date of issue 9th December
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction 2

2 Air Cooled Chillers Vs Water Cooled Chillers 3

2.1 General 3
2.2 Aim 3
2.3 Policy objective 3

3 Recommendation & Conclusions 6

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1 Introduction

This report is presented in connection with the selection of the most appropriate of
HVAC system for the proposed office building for Ahli Bank at Wattayah.
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2 Air Cooled Chillers Vs Water Cooled Chillers

2.1 General
Proper selection and justification of the HVAC strategy is a crucial element of
the HVAC system design process. The ultimate objective is to acquire and uti-
lise a HVAC system that will minimise the impact on the natural and physical
environment through energy efficiency and simplification of the systems and
that will provide the most appropriate approach, on a whole of life basis, in
terms of capital, operating, replacement and maintenance costs.

2.2 Aim
The aim of this policy is to present minimum requirements concerning the
structure and content of a HVAC system selection report.

2.3 Policy objective

The objective of this policy is to:

 Ensure selection of the most appropriate HVAC strategy for a Bank facili-
ty; and
 Facilitate agreement to the most suitable HVAC strategy through a con-
sistent HVAC system selection report submission.
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2.4 Comparison between Air cooled and
Water cooled Chillers
PARAMETER AIR COOLED CHILLER
Capital investment Considering the size of the
project’s magnitude, the
initial cost for the Air cooled
Chiller plant would be com-
paratively less. (Approx.
25% less)
Maintenance cost Lesser compared to water
cooled Chiller systems as
the components are less in
the complete system.
Power consumption Less efficient with power
consumption figures of
around 1.7 kW / Ton.
Space requirement More space required as the
physical size is larger than
water cooled Chillers.
Noise levels Generally higher than water
cooled chillers as the num-
ber of Condensers are
more and built with Evapo-
rator.
Life expectancy Expecting a life span of
more than 25 years, de-
pending on the usage.
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WATER COOLED CHILLER
Higher, as the components
like Cooling towers and its
make-up water systems,
Condenser water Pumps and
its Piping network etc are ad-
ditional to the main Chillers.
In addition to the main Chill-
ers, it requires cooling towers,
condenser water pumping
system and a cooling tower
make-up water arrangement.
The whole arrangement is a
complex system and the
maintenance cost would be
comparatively high.
Very efficient with power con-
sumption figures of around
0.7 kW / Ton.
Less space required as the
physical is smaller than Air
cooled Chillers.
Lesser than water air chillers
as the Cooling tower is kept
away from the Evaporator.
Expecting a life span of 18-20
years, depending on the us-
age.
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Capacity available Single Chiller up to of 400 Single Chiller up to of 3000

Ton available in Oman Ton available in Oman mar-
market. ket.

Approximate electrical
power consumption for a
20 year period (kW) for a 36584000 15064000
500 TR (approx.) instal-
lation (Approx. 269 days
8 hr/day operation)

Savings in power con-

sumption for water
cooled chillers assuming RO. 26,900 per annum.
25 Biza per unit for wa-
ter cooled chillers
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3 Recommendation & Conclusions

In view of the initial Cost, maintenance, water consumption and life expectancy of the
HVAC systems, we would like to recommend going for Air Cooled Chilled water system
for this prestigious project.