Comparison of

VRF system
and

Chiller system

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1. Outline
VRF systems (Variable Refrigerant Flow)

Outline & Feature

1. Individual room control is possible

2. Partial load operation is possible
3. No need to transport of Air or Water
(refrigerant gas only)
4. Facility space is small
5. High COP & Energy saving
6. Advanced Control System

Application

•  Office
•  Hotel, Condominium
•  Hospital
•  School (University)
-for Individual room control building

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<DC Twin inverter compressor>

- All inverter
compressor can be Competitor KX4
back-up inverter D
operation
Back-up
continues. operation
Back-up
operation
= ON /
compressor = inverter
OFF
control
failed control
compressor
- To maximize life only
failed
span, starting order
of compressors are
inverter
switched. inverter Fixed
speed

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<Quietness>
KX4 is quiet…
noise level

68

66

64

62

60

58
Much quieter with “Silent Mode” MHI(KX4)
A
B
56 B'
C

54
22.4 28 33.5 40 45 50.4 56 61.5 68 73.5 80 85 90 96 101 107 113 118 124 130 136

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 Indoor Units
KX4 offers a wide range of indoor units (14 types/77models)

Ceiling cassette Ducted Wall Ceiling

Floor standing Fresh air
No.of No.of
4-way 1-way middle static high static middle static mouted suspended heat
I/D I/D 4-way 2-way 1-way
pressure pressure pressure
compact exposed hidden
(compact) (compact)
types models
FDTA FDTCA FDTWA FDTSA FDTQA FDUMA FDUA FDURA FDQMA FDKA FDEA FDFLA FDFUA SAF

MHI 14 77

Competitor D 11 65

** A dry contact is equipped on both indoor

(CNT connector) and outdoor units (CNS
connector) which can be connected to the fire
alarm system

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Control Systems (with SUPERLINK)

KX4 offers wide variation, provides best solution.

＜KX4 Control systems with SUPER LINK＞

Connectable Electric
Classification Type Model I/D units power
(Maximum) calculation
Individual controller Wired RC-E1R 1 −

Wireless RCN-TC-W-ER etc. 1 −

Centralised controller SＣ-SLA1-ER 16 −

SC-SLA2A-ER 48 −

Touch screen SC-SLA3-ER 144 −

SC-SLB3-ER 144 ○

Inter face unit WEB(PC windows) gateway SC-WGW-AR 96 −

SC-WGW-BR 96 ○

BMS gateway BACnet SC-BGW-AR 96 −

LONworks SC-LGW-AR 96 −

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Chiller systems
Outline & Feature System

1. Individual room control is difficult

2. Partial load operation not possible
(To use even one FC unit, central
chiller operation is necessarily)
3. Need to transport of Air or Water
4. Facility space is large
5. Operation for one big room is efficient

Application

・ Factory
・ Gymnasium
・ Office, Restaurant
-for large room and space

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Comparison
◎：better ○：sufficient △: can be improved

Evaluated item VRF Systems Chiller Systems

Economical efficiency Initial cost (equipment + installation) ○ ○

Running cost ◎ ○

Facility space ◎ △

Air conditioning grade Zoning ○ ○

Temperature/humidity control ◎ ○

Applicability for partial load ◎ △

Flexibility Individual operation and control ◎ △

Distress in the event of trouble ◎ △

Ease of individual measurement ○ △

Safety, maintenance
Safety against hazard ◎ ○

Maintainability ○ △

Workability and others Ease of installation ○ △

Installation term reduction ○ △

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VRF VS CHILLER COMPARISON

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3. Others
<Energy Consumption> Heat source equipment
-Typical Office Building [291] (16.0)

Heat source
Elevator etc., [364] (20.0)
Sanitation &
Others
[373] (20.5) Heat source auxiliary
equipment
[73] (4.0)

Energy
consumption Exhaust fan
of building [198] (10.9)
[1817] (100)
Medium transportation
for air-conditioning
Lighting [494] (27.2)
[586](32.3)

Air-conditioning fan
[173] (9.5) Air-conditioning
[858](47.2)
Pump for air-conditioning
[123] (6.8)

[ ] : Yearly energy consumption per square [MJ/m2･yr], ( ) : Percentage makeup against total energy consumption
(%)
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<Future Air-Conditioning Systems>

Functions of Required for the Air Conditioning System of

the Building from now on

・ Thermal comfort
Flexibility
・ Change of ・ Various work
partition
・ Change of
layout
・ Variation of heat
generated by OA
equipment
Maintainability and
controllability
・ Easy
maintainability of
equipment
・ Easy Operation
method
Comfort
differs for each
individual human beings Energy saving
・ Heat recovery
time bands ・ Reduction of
transportation power
・ Start/stop control
Requirements of Individual unit
for air
conditioning
Safety and reliability
in the building
・ Protection
from now on against earthquake,
fire and water leakage
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The trend of Air-conditioner
for sophisticated buildings

the shift is to

VRF system!!

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