Notes from the site and the plant room

Tagged chiller

• Chiller works Featured

  How often should a chiller be serviced in the UAE?

  Quarterly is the interval most contracts inherit. It comes from temperate climates, and Gulf dust load is the reason it often is not enough.

  AL NIMRA Admin 10 Sep 2026 · 2 min
• Chiller works Featured

  What a chiller AMC should actually include

  A scope you can hold a contractor to, written as a specification to demand rather than a service to sell.

  AL NIMRA Admin 26 Aug 2026 · 2 min
• Chiller works

  Reading chiller performance: approach, head pressure and kW/TR

  Three readings that tell you what a chiller is doing, and what a drift in each of them usually means.

  AL NIMRA Admin 12 Jul 2026 · 2 min
• Chiller works

  Signs a chiller compressor is heading for failure

  Compressors rarely fail without notice. The warnings are mostly in readings and sound, and they usually appear weeks ahead.

  AL NIMRA Admin 27 Jun 2026 · 2 min
• Chiller works

  Air-cooled or water-cooled: what changes in Gulf conditions

  The textbook comparison shifts once you account for high ambient temperatures, dust and the cost of water.

  AL NIMRA Admin 12 Jun 2026 · 2 min
• Chiller works

  Chiller commissioning: what should be witnessed and recorded

  Commissioning is where the baseline for the machine's whole life is set. What gets written down is what you can hold anyone to later.

  AL NIMRA Admin 28 May 2026 · 2 min
• Compliance & delivery

  Refrigerant handling and why it is regulated

  Refrigerant is a controlled substance, an operating cost and a leak-detection problem, in roughly that order of consequence.

  AL NIMRA Admin 23 May 2026 · 2 min
• Chiller works

  Planning a chiller replacement in an occupied building

  The plant is the straightforward part. Access, temporary cooling and sequencing are what decide whether the job goes well.

  AL NIMRA Admin 13 May 2026 · 2 min
• Compliance & delivery

  Energy efficiency measures that actually pay back

  Cooling dominates the electricity bill here. The cheapest savings are usually in how existing plant is operated.

  AL NIMRA Admin 08 May 2026 · 2 min