Smardt’s Chiller
Smardt’s Water Cooled Chiller
Smardt’s water cooled chiller range – 60 TR through 1200 TR - is designed for a 30-year operating life, with lifetime operating costs the lowest in the market.
No oil, flooded shell-and-tube evaporation, low power consumption, low maintenance costs (even lower with remote monitoring) and high reliability with only one main moving part. Smardt and PowerPax work hard to achieve simplicity of design and operation – reflected in low operating costs, and supported by the integration of PowerPax electronic expansion valves and the optional use of load balancing valves at very low loads. Field reliability since 2002’s introduction has been outstanding – not surprising when you consider that some 80% of all chiller problems in the field are due to failures in compressor oil return. And these Smardt chillers use no oil. The growing fraternity of Turbocor-trained engineers and technicians suggests that total maintenance costs for oil-free chillers run at well under half the costs of traditional lubricated chillers. This assessment may be very conservative.
Serviceability
Always important in minimizing operating costs, service access is swift and simple, as is access to operating history through remote monitoring. Operating history, compressor and chiller set points are all accessible remotely by trained and authorized service personnel. Integration through LON, BACnet or MODBUS with building management systems is standard, as is connectivity with most industry-standard protocols.
Custom design and production capacity
The group’s design engineers are happy to resolve special equipment design challenges for you, but please allow some extra time and, possibly, some extra cost for these. High-efficiency direct expansion condensing units, heat recovery and free cooling applications can all be supplied competitively, as can special materials for use in aggressive environments. Marine water boxes, corrosion protection and other options are available and can be explored on request.
Redundancy
Use of multiple compressors allows unusual redundancy safeguards; however, if multiple circuits are indicated, these can be designed in and supplied.
Smardt’s Air Cooled Chiller
Air-cooled chiller range – 60 TR to 450 TR
The Smardt air-cooled range offers the smallest footprint on the market, the quietest operation on the market (in both standard and low-noise configurations) and the highest air-cooled operating efficiencies on the market. Condenser coils use a W configuration to optimize heat rejection and footprint. Coils are baked and double-coated as standard with sealed edges as standard, to extend the coil’s physical protection from environmental corrosion towards the inherent long life of the other chiller components.
Remote air-cooled condensing
Remote location of the condenser can be a preferred option in many applications. Smardt can supply a full package if desired, or on a condenser-less basis. Either way, full warranty applies to all components supplied and commissioned.
Evaporative pre-cooling
In many climates, Smardt’s prototype evaporative pre-cooling system can minimize air-cooled power consumption. This will be very efficient from both a first-cost and an operating cost perspective. Smardt’s R&D shows savings of over 30% for evaporative pre-cooling compared with normal air-cooled operation.