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How to Choose the right cooling capacity?

I am doing a cooling load calculation to size my cooling plant. My system has one chiller and one AHU.

Which value will be more appropriate for the chiller plant capacity? Is there another report that I should be looking at?

  1. AirLoop Component Load Summary /Estimated Cooling Peak Load Components (928 kW) image description

  2. AirLoop Component Load Summary /Cooling Peak Conditions (792 kW) image description

  3. Facility Component Load Summary / Estimated Cooling Peak Load Components (471 kW) image description

  4. Facility Component Load Summary / Cooling Peak Conditions (792 kW) image description

  5. Chiller Evaporator Cooling Rate / Design Day Hourly (1630 kW) image description

How to Choose the right cooling capacity?

I am doing a cooling load calculation to size my cooling plant. My system has one chiller and one AHU.

Which value will be more appropriate for the chiller plant capacity? Is there another report that I should be looking at?

  1. AirLoop Component Load Summary /Estimated Cooling Peak Load Components (928 kW) image description

  2. AirLoop Component Load Summary /Cooling Peak Conditions (792 kW) image description

  3. Facility Component Load Summary / Estimated Cooling Peak Load Components (471 kW) image description

  4. Facility Component Load Summary / Cooling Peak Conditions (792 kW) image description

  5. Chiller Evaporator Cooling Rate / Design Day Hourly (1630 kW) image description