Chiller Basics - How they work

Published 2016-10-30
This video guides you through the basic operation of a chiller, making use of animations, illustrations, 3D models and real world photographs to help build your understanding.
This covers the basics of a centrifugal chiller in a typical office building. By the end you should be able to identify the main components and the main circuits of a chiller. There is a short test at the end also.

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All Comments (21)
  • Landed a chiller job with Johnson controls!! I start Monday 💪🏼💴💴💴
  • I was looking in internet, bought one book, took part in one day course, bought another book and all these trials have not given me the explantion which you provided in 15 minutes video. Great thanks from Poland :)
  • I Needed a sort of refresher. I’m going from residential HVAC-R systems to large industrial chillers for a new job. This video was perfect! Thanks!!
  • Thank you for this video. As a hotel engineer just starting out in this field, this was very simplistic and to the point for understanding how it works.
  • @elioasjunior
    I've studied this back on my technical and my graduation courses, but I've never really absorbed the principles. After some years here I am again, learning thermal cycles and getting fascinated haha. Thank you so much for this content. :)
  • @richiechan7119
    very informative and useful. one of the best tutorials out there that explains everything about chillers. particularly like how you talked about the 4 components and 3 flows. very concise and clear.
  • @Sunk3nFish
    I just saw a large chiller room today, and having seen this incredibly clear and descriptive video was helpful for me to actually know what I was looking at. Thank you!
  • @EtsedJayel
    Man, I'm currently studying for a Building Physics exam and your videos are helping me a lot! Incredibly well done, perfect and plain explanations, and the accuracy of the models is astonishing! Thanks for these videos! :D
  • @eyen91
    Video like this is exactly what I needed. The instructions are clear and concise. Thank you.
  • @jakemurray940
    Awesome tutorial! I’ve been a Commercial HVAC Sheet Metal installer for the last 4 years of my career right out of HVAC trade school. And I now got the opportunity to work for Ingersoll Rand Trane doing chiller work. Very excited to get into the Industial side of things!
  • @marcoloh2643
    i normally search for a 2-3min brief introduction on a chiller system, but 16mins on this video worth my time for an hour searching.
  • @zaraknadeem7726
    Im a civil engineer and wanted to appreciate your efforts and video!
    thank you for explaining this in such a simple and direct manner!
  • you are emphatically a true pioneer with helping out in all of the HVACR thank you and your entire team all the best
  • @ggm5354
    Thank you for being patient enough to break this down for a clearer understanding of how a chiller works 💯
  • @khaleejkha4026
    thanks is a small word for the greatest work you have done.
  • @PetZoneStorex
    Wow I have to really thank you, I’ve just started working as a graduate mechanical engineer on that same mcquay chiller and I couldn’t understand anything from the mechanical foreman. You are a legend and that 3d model is really helpful. Thanks I will continue watching this series 🙏
  • @scouserrr
    Hello, mate. Liverpool fan here. Thanks a lot for this excellent video. I'm completely new to chillers, although I'm pretty familiar with the refrigeration cycle. This helped me a lot. Cheers.
  • Superb explaination and the animation is awesome. Thank you for putting in such an effort. It's the best video on this priciple I've seen so far.