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No answers. OK. I tested with a simple model: an adiabatic cube with hourly increasing plug load. Chiller Minimum Unloading Ratio was changed to 0.25 to clarify its impact.
- Chiller no.1: 500RT
- Chiller no.2: 1000RT
- Chiller no.3: 1000RT
- Chiller Sqeuence: Chiller no.1, Chiller mo.2, Chiller no.3
- Minimum Part Load Ratio for all chillers: 0.1
- Maximum Part Load Ratio for all chillers: 1.0
- Optimum Part Load Ratio for all chillers: 0.75
- Minimum Unloading Ratio for all chillers: 0.25
The evaporator cooling rate of Chiller no.1 did not explicitly decrease when Chiller no.2 turned ON. I revised my graphs as follows. To be precise, "false load" is not included in Chiller Evaporator Cooling Rate
, but it affects Chiller Electric Power
. If Minimum Unloading Ratio
is the same as Minimum Part Load Ratio
, chillers do not have false loading.