Two Gas-Driven Climaveneta Chillers have been specified by consulting engineer Helix Services Consulting to provide a cost effective, comfort cooling solution for the refurbishment of an administration building for brewing giant Guinness UDV at their Park Royal site in London.

The building’s fixed electrical supply gave insufficient capacity for a conventional chiller installation without significant, expensive and time consuming upgrading work. Therefore, two GCH 60/SL Air-Cooled Gas-Driven Chillers operating with R407c, which incorporate an open-drive compressor powered by a high efficiency gas engine, were supplied as the perfect alternative.

Each Chiller is capable of delivering 160kW of cooling; comfortably meeting the requirements of the Fan Coil Air Conditioning System specified for the building. GCH Chillers come in capacities from 103 to 276kW and feature shell and tube evaporators, axial fans and microprocessor control.

Located on the roof of the building, the chillers are purpose-designed to guarantee low noise operation and the gas engine compressor section is isolated within it’s own enclosure. The enclosure is insulated and soundproofed to ensure overall levels are at or below 73dBa at 1m.