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Commercial Chiller Tonnage & Cooling Tower Sizer

Calculate cooling capacity (Tons of Refrigeration), chilled water evaporator GPM (44°F/54°F), condenser water tower flow rate (3 GPM/Ton), and electrical kW consumption.

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Equipment Sizing & Hydronics

Chiller Cooling Capacity
Includes 15% safety diversity buffer
300 Tons
Cooling Tower Condenser Water GPM
3.0 GPM per refrigeration ton
900 GPM
Annual Chiller Electric Power Cost
2,500 full-load equivalent cooling hours
$60,900/yr
Water-cooled centrifugal chillers typically operate between 0.52 and 0.60 kW/ton, providing significant energy savings over air-cooled screw chillers (1.10 kW/ton).