Driving, heat rejection and chilling temperatures

The control system start the chiller only if a driving temperature above 72°C is available, and turns the machine off when it falls below 68°C (Fig. 5). The measured heat rejection temperatures were very favourable for the chiller: in 95% of the hours an inlet temperature to the machine between 18°C and 20°C was registered. These numbers show the effectiveness of the installed boreholes for the heat rejection in the present system. Chilled water temperatures (inlet temperature to the cooling coil) between 7°C and 14°C were measured. As a conclusion, the temperature lift defined as temperature difference between chilled water outlet and heat rejection temperature inlet to the machine was about 7.9K (Fig. 6).