Water Chiller Management
SilverStar - a leading developer of Remote asset
management products - has created a unique solution tailored for water chiller management.
The Challenge:
Providing chilled water is an essential function in many industrial and commercial
operations. Due to seasonal requirements and other restrictions, chillers are often
rented, and are occasionally moved between sites. To ensure optimal performance,
each remote chiller's location, status, and performance should be monitored. Unfortunately,
there are few good options for monitoring geographically-dispersed chillers. As
a result, most chillers are not monitored, leading to inefficiencies and wasted
time, labor, and money.
Managing remote water cooling chillers can be a daunting task - but SilverStar can
help.
The Solution:
SilverStar is a wireless solution for geographically-dispersed water chiller management.
It automatically reports the location, status, and condition of each machine. SilverStar
water cooling chiller includes sensors to report input and output temperatures and
it can issue real-time Alert Notifications if any user-configurable temperature
thresholds are violated. The solution is web-based and easy to use. In addition
to SilverStar, SilverStar also offers asset management for other industrial solutions
such as crane management, refrigerated van management and GPS for automobiles.
The total solution consists of:
- An SilverStar monitoring unit installed on the water cooling chiller.
- Up to two SilverStar -provided temperature sensors. In a typical application, one
sensor reports INPUT temperatures, and the second one reports OUTPUT temperatures.
- An SilverStar -provided website to deliver Temperature Reports, Status Reports,
Alert Notifications, and more.
- Real-time Alert Notifications delivered as text messages to cell phones, and/or
via e-mail.
Water Chiller Management Web-Based Services and Alert Notifications:
- All reports and alerts are accessible through a simple web interface. The latest
report from each water cooling chiller is immediately displayed upon login.
- Authorized users can establish High and Low temperature limits for the Input and/or
the Output readings, and receive Alert Notifications if the limits are violated.
- Alert Notification messages are user-configurable, and are targeted to specific
recipients according to the type of violation. Alert Notifications can be sent in
the form of real-time text messages sent to cell phones, and/or as e-mail messages.
Typical Alert Notification messages include "Input Temp HIGH" or "Output Temp HIGH."
- The web interface is powerful and easy to use.
Water Chiller Management Features & Benefits:
- Status Reports: Status reports are automatically
issued every fifteen minutes, and are available anytime via the web. Each status
report includes:
- Water Temperature IN
- Water Temperature OUT
- Chiller Status (ON or OFF)
- Status of up to three additional user-configurable inputs (typically used to report
the status of each compressor, ON or OFF)
- Temperature Sensors: Up to two temperature sensors
are available. Typically, one sensor is used for reporting Temperature IN, and the
second sensor is used to report Temperature OUT.
- Temperature Thresholds: Authorized users can
set High and Low limits for Water Temperature IN and for Water Temperature OUT.
Real-time Alert Notifications are immediately issued if any temperature limit is
violated.
- Alert Notifications: Real-time Alert Notifications
can be issued as text messages sent to cell phones, and/or as email messages.
- Real-Time Updates: Users can collect up-to-the
minute updates from any chiller, at any time.
- Service Due Reminders: SilverStar water cooling
chiller can send "Service Due" reminders as each machine approaches its service
interval.
- History Log: SilverStar water chiller management
provides a History Log to enable users to view each machine's performance over the
last twelve months.
- Jobsite Utilization Reports: SilverStar automatically
reports each chiller's utilization by Jobsite, enabling users to automate Billing
Operations and improve Water Chiller Management Reporting.
Remote Control Options
SilverStar water cooling chiller includes two digital outputs that can be activated
from the website, thus providing the capability to send commands to the remote machine.
Typical applications include "Remote Start" and "Remote Stop" to enable fleet managers
to remotely test a unit without dispatching a technician onsite.