ASHRAE Journal - April 2013 - 9
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Pump Power and 90.1
FEBRUARY 2013
ASHRAE
JOURNAL
In February’s “Long-Term
Commercial GSHP Performance, Part 7: Achieving Quality” by Steve Kavanaugh, Ph.D.,
Fellow ASHRAE, and Lisa Meline, P.E., Member ASHRAE,
under the paragraph heading,
“Changes to ASHRAE StanCommercial Kitchen
dards,” the authors state “It
was discovered that systems...
(unitary, one-pipe, and common
loops) are now non-compliant
with the recent updates to the mechanical section of ASHRAE/
IES Standard 90.1-2010 (Section 6.5.4.4).”
I reviewed that section of Standard 90.1-2010 and could not
determine exactly what he was speaking about. I can surmise
some theories, but I would like him or someone else to expand
on why those types of systems are non-compliant.
Tyson Scheidecker,
Associate Member ASHRAE,
West Des Moines, Iowa
THE MAGAZINE OF HVAC&R TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
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The Author Responds
Standard 90.1-2010 (Section 6.5.4.4) requires that systems
with total pump power greater than 5 hp have controls that
result in pump demand of less than 30% of design wattage
when water flow is 50% of design water flow. Current practice with unitary, one-pipe, and common loop GSHPs are
on-off, constant speed pumps that have 50% design wattage
at 50% flow.
What is absurd about this requirement is that Standard
90.1-2010 has no limit on design pump wattage. Therefore,
a 100-ton system with a design pump power of 5 hp and
a demand at 50% design flow of 2.5 hp is unacceptable,
while a 100-ton system with a design pump power of 25hp is compliant as long as the power at 50% design flow
is 7.5 hp or less.
Standard 90.1-2010 (Section 6.5.4.4) also requires that
heat pumps have automatic two-way valves. Unitary, onepipe, and common loop GSHPs avoid the use of these
valves since they are unnecessary, add head loss, and create a maintenance concern to systems that are otherwise
very simple.
Steve Kavanaugh, Ph.D.,
Fellow ASHRAE,
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
ASHRAE Journal welcomes your letters. Please send them
to the editor, Fred Turner, at fturner@ashrae.org.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of ASHRAE Journal - April 2013
ASHRAE Journal - April 2013
Contents
Commentary
Industry News
Letters
Meetings and Shows
Feature Articles
Ground-Coupled Heat Pump and Energy Storage
Fan Efficiency Requirements for Standard 90.1-2013
Technology Award Case Studies:
Geothermal for 5 Ecosystems
Holistic HVAC Design
Standing Columns
Engineer’s Notebook
Data Centers
Emerging Technologies
IAQ Applications
Refrigeration Applications
Special Products
People
International Column
Energy Modeling
Products
Classified Advertising
Advertisers Index
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ASHRAE Journal - April 2013 - Letters
ASHRAE Journal - April 2013 - Meetings and Shows
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ASHRAE Journal - April 2013 - Ground-Coupled Heat Pump and Energy Storage
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ASHRAE Journal - April 2013 - Fan Efficiency Requirements for Standard 90.1-2013
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ASHRAE Journal - April 2013 - Geothermal for 5 Ecosystems
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ASHRAE Journal - April 2013 - Holistic HVAC Design
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