Energy Company Eliminates Costly Refrigerant Leaks with Monitoring System
Xcel Energy, an electrical energy provider in Colorado, was in need of refrigerant monitoring updates for its chilled water building in downtown Denver. The different types of refrigerant monitoring systems that were in use offered no communications ability among plant locations in the city. The thermal energy team was spending time conducting constant walk-throughs of five separate buildings to check the functionality of 16 chillers and related mechanical equipment, including the refrigerant.
There was also inconsistent monitoring and the absence of data that could identify leaking refrigerants. This, plus the lack of consistency and reliability in the refrigerant equipment used throughout the plants, made troubleshooting difficult and finding correct spare parts from manufacturers arduous.