Dear Group,
I am definning a water side economizer for a big project. For my surprize, the energy use is higher with it. When I looked into detailes, I found chillers load significatly lower, which make sence, however, cooling tower load is AWAY higher. I feel that is because of setting the condensing loop set point to "AIR" instead of scheduled set point. It seems that there is a fake load on the loop. I used different cominations (integrated and non integrated) with the same results.
Does anyone have experience with water economizer so I can discuss what I have with him/her?
Cheers
Alaa Kandil
Calgary, Canada