Supply and Commissioning of Air-Cooled Water Chiller for STFC Accelerator

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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LTD awarded a contract to INS Sudlow Limited for the supply and commissioning of an additional air-cooled water chiller at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Daresbury site.

The chiller required a guaranteed cooling capacity of at least 500 kW under specified conditions, including a maximum ambient air temperature of 32°C and process fluid of 25% ethylene glycol/water at a supply temperature of 10°C ±1°C.

It also needed to handle process fluid flow rates of 15–45 l/s and pressures up to 10 bar, and include features such as low GWP refrigerants, oil-free compressors, at least two independent refrigeration circuits, pump control up to 30 kW, volt-free alarm output, configurable alarm settings, low flow protection, and sound power level below 80 dBA at 10 m.

The contract value was AUD 94,480.