[Bldg-sim] R-410a & EA credit 4 (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jeremy Poling]

My experience has been the same as James - the smaller units typically
have more of a problem, particularly RTUs less than 10 tons.  The
refrigerant charge is high compared to the maximum allowable to get a
total Refrigerant Impact per Ton <100.

 

Also, I just ran into this on a project as well - there are
"supercharged" chillers on the market that also have high charge-per-ton
numbers.

 

See Page 210 of the LEED-BDC reference guide for a table showing the
maximum refrigerant charges for typical refrigerants.  For RTUs, 15-year
life, you have to be less than 1.98 lbs/ton and the last I remember only
Trane had a unit at that low of a charge and still met ASHRAE 90.1
minimum efficiencies.

 

Jeremy R. Poling, PE, LEED AP+BDC



 

 

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To: Eurek, John S NWO
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Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] R-410a & EA credit 4 (UNCLASSIFIED)

 

Hi Eurek, 

 

The answer to your question is VERY LIKELY. 

 

Why? 

 

* Since R-410a will have 0 ODP and relatively small GWP (1890).
Eventually the equation is decided by only LCGWP, since LCODPx10^5 will
be 0. 

* My personal feeling is that Rc (Refrigerant charge) is critical in
your case. The range is from 0.5 to 5 lbs of refrigerant per ton. The
smaller the better. 

* Considering multi types of equipments, as long as your averaged LCGWP
is less than 100, you will be safe. 

 

As suggested by James, you will have to run the calculation to be sure. 


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Cheney

 

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