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What Is Packaged Air Conditioner? Types of Packged Air Condtioners

Packaged air conditioners are self-contained HVAC units used for cooling capacities between 5 and 20 tons. They contain all key components like the compressor, cooling coil, and air handling unit within a single casing. Packaged ACs are divided into two main types - ones with water-cooled condensers, which use water to cool the condenser, and ones with air-cooled condensers, which use atmospheric air to cool the condenser without water. Both packaged AC types are fully assembled and tested at the factory before installation at the site.

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What Is Packaged Air Conditioner? Types of Packged Air Condtioners

Packaged air conditioners are self-contained HVAC units used for cooling capacities between 5 and 20 tons. They contain all key components like the compressor, cooling coil, and air handling unit within a single casing. Packaged ACs are divided into two main types - ones with water-cooled condensers, which use water to cool the condenser, and ones with air-cooled condensers, which use atmospheric air to cool the condenser without water. Both packaged AC types are fully assembled and tested at the factory before installation at the site.

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What is Packaged Air Conditioner? Types of


Packged Air Condtioners.
2010-01-13
HVAC: Heating, Ventilation & Air-Conditioning

PAGE CONTENT
 Packaged Air Conditioners
 Packaged Air Conditioners with Water Cooled Condenser
 Package AC with Water Cooled Condenser
 Packaged Air Conditioners with Air Cooled Condensers
 Package Air Conditioner Air Cooled Condenser
 Reference
 Images Courtesy
 This post is part of the series: Types of Air Conditioners

Packaged Air Conditioners


The window and split air conditioners are usually used for the small air
conditioning capacities up to 5 tons. The central air conditioning systems
are used for where the cooling loads extend beyond 20 tons. The
packaged air conditioners are used for the cooling capacities in between
these two extremes. The packaged air conditioners are available in the
fixed rated capacities of 3, 5, 7, 10 and 15 tons. These units are used
commonly in places like restaurants, telephone exchanges, homes,
small halls, etc.

As the name implies, in the packaged air conditioners all the important
components of the air conditioners are enclosed in a single casing like
window AC. Thus the compressor, cooling coil, air handling unit and the
air filter are all housed in a single casing and assembled at the factory
location.

Depending on the type of the cooling system used in these systems, the
packaged air conditioners are divided into two types: ones with water
cooled condenser and the ones with air cooled condensers. Both these
systems have been described below:

Packaged Air Conditioners with Water Cooled


Condenser
In these packaged air conditions the condenser is cooled by the water.
The condenser is of shell and tube type, with refrigerant flowing along
the tube side and the cooling water flowing along the shell side. The
water has to be supplied continuously in these systems to maintain
functioning of the air conditioning system.

The shell and tube type of condenser is compact in shape and it is


enclosed in a single casing along with the compressor, expansion valve,
and the air handling unit including the cooling coil or the evaporator. This
whole packaged air conditioning unit externally looks like a box with the
control panel located externally.

In the packaged units with the water cooled condenser, the compressor
is located at the bottom along with the condenser (refer the figure
below). Above these components the evaporator or the cooling coil is
located. The air handling unit comprising of the centrifugal blower and
the air filter is located above the cooling coil. The centrifugal blower has
the capacity to handle large volume of air required for cooling a number
of rooms. From the top of the package air conditioners the duct comes
out that extends to the various rooms that are to be cooled.

All the components of this package AC are assembled at the factory site.
The gas charging is also done at the factory thus one does not have to
perform the complicated operations of the laying the piping, evacuation,
gas charging, and leak testing at the site. The unit can be transported
very easily to the site and is installed easily on the plane surface. Since
all the components are assembled at the factory, the high quality of the
packaged unit is ensured.

Package AC with Water Cooled Condenser


Packaged Air Conditioners with Air Cooled
Condensers
In this packaged air conditioners the condenser of the refrigeration
system is cooled by the atmospheric air. There is an outdoor unit that
comprises of the important components like the compressor, condenser
and in some cases the expansion valve (refer the figure below). The
outdoor unit can be kept on the terrace or any other open place where
the free flow of the atmospheric air is available. The fan located inside
this unit sucks the outside air and blows it over the condenser coil
cooling it in the process. The condenser coil is made up of several turns
of the copper tubing and it is finned externally. The packaged ACs with
the air cooled condensers are used more commonly than the ones with
water cooled condensers since air is freely available it is difficult
maintain continuous flow of the water.

The cooling unit comprising of the expansion valve, evaporator, the air
handling blower and the filter are located on the floor or hanged to the
ceiling. The ducts coming from the cooling unit are connected to the
various rooms that are to be cooled.

Package Air Conditioner Air Cooled Condenser


Reference
1. Book: Basic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning by P. N.
Ananthanarayanan, Second Edition, Tata Mc-Graw-Hill
Publishing Company Limited

Images Courtesy
1. Book: Basic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning by P. N.
Ananthanarayanan, Second Edition, Tata Mc-Graw-Hill
Publishing Company Limited
2. Cooper’s Heating & Air

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