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Emerging Technologies: Small Centrifugal Compressors
Journal Article by ASHRAE, 2003
By John Dieckmann, Member ASHRAE, Kurt W. Roth, Ph.D., Associate Member ASHRAE, and James Brodrick, Ph.D., Member ASHRAE
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This is the eighth article covering one of several new energysaving technologies evaluated in a recent DOE report, which is available at www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/documents.
Centrifugal compressors are used in chillers with capacities in excess of 80 tons (280 kW).1 The trend has been for screw compressor-based chillers to be used in most applications below 300 to 400 tons (1055 to 1400 kW), with centrifugal compressors used in larger capacities. Small centrifugal compressors combine high-speed motor technology with centrifugal compressor technology to lower the optimum capacity range. This provides centrifugal compressors for chillers and unitary air conditioners in smaller sizes (25 to 80 tons [88 to 280 kW]) currently served primarily by scroll and reciprocating compressors.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal, vol. 45 no. 10, October 2003