Chiller

Chillers convert either electric power or thermal power in the form of hot water supplied by a CHP or boiler into cooling thermal power to serve a thermal cooling load.

Inputs

Rated Capacity

Tag	Key	Description
Chiller	rated_capacity	The maximum cooling power capacity of the chiller in tons of cooling. Optimal sizing is not recommended or tested for a Chiller.

Maximum Rated Capacity

Tag	Key	Description
Chiller	max_rated_capacity	The maximum rated cooling power capacity of the chiller in tons of cooling that a size optimization is allowed to output when doing size optimization.

Minimum Rated Capacity

Tag	Key	Description
Chiller	min_rated_capacity	The minimum rated cooling power capacity of the chiller in tons of cooling that a size optimization is allowed to output when doing size optimization.

Power Source

Tag	Key	Description
Chiller	power_source	The type of input energy that powers the chiller. Either 'electricity', 'natural gas', or 'heat'.

COP

Tag	Key	Description
Chiller	coefficient_of_performance	The ratio of output cooling power of the chiller to the input power, whatever the power source. The higher this number is, the more efficient the chiller is.