Canberra International Airport
has placed an order for one of the world’s most advanced air-conditioning
systems that will use waste heat instead of electricity to generate
cooling in summer and heating in winter.
The ECS BROAD absorption chiller technology is the first of new
range of air conditioning systems released to the Australian market.
The absorption chiller system, selected by Canberra consultants,
Rudds, will be installed adjacent to a 1200kWe gas generator that
will generate low greenhouse electricity. Turning the waste heat
from this engine into cooling means a significant drop in the load
on the electricity network as well as a large reduction in greenhouse
emissions.
“Canberra International Airport is an
international leader in reducing the environmental impact of all
of our operations. The 5 Green Star buildings in Brindabella Business
Park – the first in Australia –will now feature energy
systems that showcase the smart application of technology to provide
comfortable air conditioning at the highest energy efficiency,”
explained Tom Snow, Executive Director at the Airport.
The chiller will be housed in the Park’s new central services
building, which is expected to be in full operation by the end of
the year.
Mechanical design engineer at Rudds Consulting Engineers, Mr Sean
Martin, explained: “With greenhouse an ever increasing issue,
we had been looking for alternative means to supply electricity
and cooling energy to the airport site and we came across the ECS
BROAD absorption chiller. We were immediately attracted to the flexibility
in energy source; the BROAD chillers can use engine exhaust, hot
water, steam, direct gas firing or a combination of sources. The
superior efficiency of the two stage cycle helped with the economics,
as did the fact that we could also use the machine to provide heat
in winter.”
“During an overseas research trip we visited a number of sites
that have experience in using the BROAD chillers and the reports
of trouble free performance along with the fact that ECS are supporting
the machines locally gave us the confidence to specify the ECS BROAD
1163 kW BZHE100 Multi Energy absorption chiller.”
Peter Szental, Managing Director of ECS the Australian distributors
for BROAD has welcomed the order from the airport, noting that,
“This will be a fantastic showcase for this very environmentally
friendly technology. This system makes use of energy that would
otherwise be wasted, it reduces the load on the electricity system
that is already stretched on hot summer days and it is projected
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1,100 tonnes/annum. Even the
refrigerant used inside the machine provides an environmental advantage,
it doesn’t harm the ozone layer, it isn’t a greenhouse
gas, in fact it’s plain water.”
Energy Conservation Systems Pty Ltd is a leading Australian energy
and water efficiency company supplying innovative energy and water
systems to all market sectors.
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