I have to size an absorption chiller to cool a swimming pool

[daham]

Hi All,

I live in Hong Kong and as fresh engineering graduate from university, I have to size an absorption chiller to cool a swimming pool which gets too hot in the summer. The pool water reaches around 31 degrees Celsius and the relative humidity is around 80% on average in Hong Kong. The main heating source of the pool is the sun at noon time. The pool is 50 × 20 meters and has an average depth of 1.6 meters
Anyone can help me to work out an approximate size of the chiller required?

 

[duraleigh]

Re: Water Absorption and Heating from Sunlight

daham,

This is a forum for residential pool owners and, as such, you will not find much help for engineering formulas for commercial pools.

 

[esdd]

Re: I have to size an absorption chiller to cool a swimming

The formulas that you need are in this site http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/
First you have to know the actual heat load the pool is absorbing, and the desired temp, and how fast you want to chill the water. I work in the hvacr industry and can do this calculation, but I highly reccomend that a Certified Mechanical Engineer do the calculations.

 

[esdd]

Re: I have to size an absorption chiller to cool a swimming

Oops I did not read the op well, as a graduate in egineering you should know how to do this calculation.

 

[esdd]

Re: I have to size an absorption chiller to cool a swimming

You will have better luck with your question in this forum http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/

 

[JamesW]

Re: I have to size an absorption chiller to cool a swimming

Another resource would be manufacturers of the type of equipment you are interested in using. They are usually willing to help you with these types of problems.