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New "Smart" Technologies in Balancing

and Control of Chilled Water Systems

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 TA-Smart as part a comprehensive portfolio

TA-Smart

Modulator
Differential pressure controler
Compact-P

TBV-CM
TBV-
C

2 way balancing and

control valve

Standard 2 way
control valve

Pressure Independent Balancing & Control valve

Standard Balancing & Control valves balancing and control with measuring and
valves (PIBCV) connectivity capabilities

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 TA-Smart
▪ Valve Construction – True Engineering Inovation

SmartBox: holds the electronics that:

A • Runs the flow measurement
• Reads the temperature sensors DN20-50 DN65-125
• Instructs the actuator D
• Communicates to the world via BLT, WIFI, BUS and
Analog

B F
Spool chamber: Ultrasonic flow measurement section

D
C C-Part: High-rangeability equal-percentage plug & seat
mechanism to set kv in valve A

D Actuator: Dynamically positions the the C-Part of the to A

maintain the input flow or power

C C F
E Internal temperature sensor: Measures the
temperature of the media inside the valve E
E
F External temperature sensor: Measures the B
temperature of the media at the opposite side to TA- B
Smart (for Δt)
G

G External temperature housing: Housing for external

temperature sensor

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 Measuring, Logging, Control and
Communication BMS

ΔT, P, q, Energy
Analog
Modbus, Bacnet Signal OPTIONAL
Functions:
▸ Control (q, P, position, dT)
▸ Pre-setting (max./min. q, max. P, MQTT via LAN
Stores: q, P, ΔT. Energy
max./min. position)
▸ Reading (q, P, Tsupply, Treturn, ΔT,
position, energy)

Logging time-frame options:

▸ Xtra Long Logging
(13 months, every 1 hour)
▸ Long Logging q, position, T1
(31 days, every 1 minute)
▸ Fast Logging T2
(7 days, every 15 seconds)
▸ Xtra Fast Logging
(12 hours, every 5 seconds)

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Set value U Disturbances

Flow
Controller Flow Power
Smart Sensor signal
Actuator
Lift
Valve Terminal
output
Room

flow control: x

x = controlled value

When room thermal load reduces, BAS When receives another input signal, TA Reduced flow through the cooling coil
will reduce control signal to maintain T Smart will adjust a flow to another setpoint will reduce cooling output
at set point
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Smart
Cooling Power control:

When room thermal load reduces, BAS When receives another input signal, TA Smart
will reduce control signal to maintain T will adjust a fpowerto another setpoint
at set point
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Ultrasonic flow measurement

▪ Time-of-flight principle

DN20-50: U-Skew
(patent applied) DN65-125: V

v velocity of fluid
𝛥𝑡·𝑐02 𝛥t time difference (tup – tdown)
𝑣≈ 𝑐02 sound velocity in actual medium parameters
2·𝐿 L ultrasonic path length between transducers
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 Setting the benchmark in flow measuring
10%
Flow accuracy measurement %]

▪ IMI-HE’s target is to reach in water and water glycol

8%
mixtures for complete temperature range:
TA-Smart accuracy for all DNs in all
• ±2% from 100% to 5% of 𝒒𝒄.𝒎𝒂𝒙 for water
6% temperatures in water

4%

2%

0%

-2%

-4%

-6%
TA-Smart accuracy for all DNs in all fluids
-8% at all temperatures.

-10% TA SMART dT measurement accuracy:

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
q/qmax [%]

•±1.1% for chilled water systems because of two

PT1000 class AA temperature sensors

Accurate measuring is critical when small

variations can have big impact on comfort and
energy consumptions
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 From TA SMART data sheet
Testing objective is to verify following data:
- Flow measuring accuracy
(Smart vs Flowmeter)

- Control accuracy
(Setting vs Smart vs Flowmeter)

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 Calculation of overall uncertainty of measurement acc. BCA

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 BSRIA Test report

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 BSRIA Test report

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 Power/Energy measurement accuracy
▪ Power accuracy level results from the accuracies obtained on the base data
(flow and temperature):
𝑞 ⋅ Δ𝑇 ⋅ 𝜌 ⋅ 𝑐𝑝
𝑃= 5
where P is the power in Watts,
36 ⋅ 10 q is the flow in l/h,
DT is the temperature difference in Kelvin,
r is the density in kg/m³,
cp is the specific heat in J/kg.K

Temp. regime TA-Smart

Supply Return Flow accuracy ΔT Power/Energy
ΔT [K]
Temp [°C] Temp [°C] [%] accuracy [%] accuracy [%]
6 12 6 ±2.0 ±1.1 ±3.1
15 18 3 ±2.0 ±1.2 ±3.2
40 30 10 ±2.0 ±0.8 ±2.8
70 50 20 ±2.0 ±0.9 ±2.9

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TA SMART – control of flow @ differential

pressure variations during part load and
minimum controllable flow

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 Controllability test – TA-Smart DN32
(qnom = 4’600 l/h)
▪ Required flow 20% of qnom ; pump head increased/decreased by 100/300kPa

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 Fast response time - Controllability test – TA-Smart DN50
(qnom = 13'400 l/h)
▪ Required flow 975 l/h → 110 → 970 → 0; @ 400 kPa
Flow [l/h]

20s

qcontr,min
TA-Smart
0.5% of qnom
15s
67 l/h Time [s]
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 From TA SMART data sheet

- Min. controllable flow

(Rangeability) :

Example DN32: 4600x0.5%=23 l/h

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DN 32 min. flow @ minimum lift of 0.4 mm!!!

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 BSRIA Controllability test – TA-Smart DN32
(qnom = 4’600 l/h)

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TA SMART – Installation and communication

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Compactness and ease of installation

DN40 DN65

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Life cycle test

15 years of normal operation

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Versatility in Communication, Ease of Configuration

Bus comm
BLE 5.0 (BLE 4) • BACnet MS/TP
to smartphones and tablets • Modbus RTU
(Android and iOS) • BACnet IP
No laptop, no cable, no dongle needed • Modbus TCP
from/to BMS

0-10 VDC (or 0-20 mA)

from BMS (PLC)
0-10 VDC feedback
MQTT to BMS (PLC)
LAN to and from Cloud

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TA-Smart applications
▪ Wherever you need ▪ But typically, on:
a 2-way control valve…

AHU

HEX

(FCU, size depending)

CRAC unit
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 TA-Smart applications
20% reduction of installation cost

60% reduction of installation time

TA Smart with EQM plug and

Flow/dT/Energy
measurement (IoT control
valve)

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 Comparison for TA Smart Valve Vs PIBCV + Energy Meter

Factor TA Smart Valve Energy Meter

Yes. No.
Trend logging for flow, cooling load (kW), supply / return
temperature.
1 System Optimization Easily re-configure TA Smart via BMS to a lower flow rate / lower
max cooling capacity if actual demand require is lower than design
to maximise energy saving.

Analog, Bluetooth. Modbus, BACnet, LAN. Modbus

Connectivity with smart phone/tablet Wall display
2 Communication
Cloud connectivity

2 components - 5 components-
1 x TA Smart Valve 1 x PIBCV
3 Installation 1 x Thermowell for temperature sensor 1 x Flowmeter
1 x BTU Calculator - wall mount.
2 x Thermowell for temperature sensors
1 point ( + 1 Optional ) - 3 points -
1 point for Modbus 2 points for PIBCV ( Input signal Y & Feedback signal X)
4 BMS point
1 point for Input signal Y - Optional 1 point for BTU Meter

1 Cable ( + 1 Optional ) - 3 Cables -

1 Modbus cable 1 Analog cable for Y signal (input) for PIBCV
5 Communication cable 1 Analog cable for Y signal (input) for PIBCV - Optional 1 Analog cable for X signal (feedback) for PIBCV
1 Modbus cable for BTU Meter

Operation: <10 VA (24 VAC) Actuator - Operation: < 8 VA , Standby: < 1 VA (24 VAC)
Standby: <3.3 VA (24 VAC) Electromagnetic flowmeter : < 7 VA (24 VAC)
6 Power Consumption
Total : Operation : < 15 VA , Standby : < 8 VA

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 Reduced pressure drop with TA-Smart @ index circuit
AHU 3-1, flow =3.55 l/s

TA Smart DN 80 dP = 3kPa

PIBCV DN 80 BTU DN 80 dP=~ 5 kPa

dP=24 kPa

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 Pumping energy savings with TA SMART
PIBCV Option +
Primary pump VSD
Primary pump 1 143 266 51,259 91% 94.38 129.98 14,568 60% 106.97 59.80 19,707 68% 57.20 32.81 4479 36%
Primary pump 2 143 266 51,259 91% 94.38 129.98 14,568 60%
102,518 29,136 19,707 4,479

TA SMART Option +
Primary pump VSD
Primary pump 1 143 240 46,249 91% 94.38 118.65 13,144 60% 0.00 56.05 17,781 0% 0.00 31.97 4041 0%
Primary pump 2 143 240 46,249 91% 94.38 118.65 13,144 60%
92,498 26,288 17,781 4,041

Total annual Total annual kWh Total annual kWh (TA

Load,% Load, TR %h (PIBCV) SMART)
100 3400 1.00% 87.6 8981 8103
75 2550 42.00% 3679.2 107196 96719
50 1700 45.00% 3942 77686 70093
25 850 12.00% 1051.2 4708 4248
8760 198571 179162
Op. Hours
Annual 365
h/day 24 -9.77% Reduction in annual kWh (From PIBCV to TA SMART)
kWh/SGD 0.17
8760

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TA-Smart – test site @ Capitaland’s Creative

building from 2021 December till present

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TA Smart valve on AHU 2-2

Design flow – 11.8 l/s

Design dT – 5.5 °C

SV is controlled by Supply air temperature

sensor set @ 18.0 °C.

AHU is serving lobby and 1 tenant unit

only. Therefore load is very low.

Control/feedback: BacNet MSTP

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Snapshot from BMS feedback…

Supply air temperature

maintained @ 17.9 °C

Operating flow is 1 l/s (8.5%)

Actual dT – 9.7 °C

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Log data from 10th of January 2022

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TA-Smart –@ Marina Bay Financial Centre

Tower 1

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TA Smart valve on AHU T1-L8-8

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Log data from 18th of December 2023

Measured Delta Temp.
14

12

10

0
11/20/2023 0:00 11/30/2023 0:00 12/10/2023 0:00 12/20/2023 0:00 12/30/2023 0:00 1/9/2024 0:00 1/19/2024 0:00 1/29/2024 0:00

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Log data from 18th of December 2023

Measured Power
140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0
12/15/2023 0:00 12/20/2023 0:00 12/25/2023 0:00 12/30/2023 0:00 1/4/2024 0:00 1/9/2024 0:00 1/14/2024 0:00 1/19/2024 0:00 1/24/2024 0:00

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Log data from 18th of December 2023

Measured Flow
4

3.5

2.5

1.5

0.5

0
12/15/2023 0:00 12/20/2023 0:00 12/25/2023 0:00 12/30/2023 0:00 1/4/2024 0:00 1/9/2024 0:00 1/14/2024 0:00 1/19/2024 0:00 1/24/2024 0:00

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