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INTRODUCTION
This specification covers the minimum requirements for the engineering, procurement,
installation and commissioning of the HVAC system to be provided inside the new LIBRARY
building
1.0
STANDARD SPECIFICATION
1.1
Scope of Work
The complete scope of work shall cover supply, erection, testing and commissioning of
the entire HVAC system as detailed under specification.
1.2
Basis of Design
The entire system has been based and designed on climatological data available as given
under Basis of Design and Scheme.
1.3
The followings terms have been used in the tender specifications, drawings etc.
ISI :
ASHRAE
Engineers, USA.
B.S. :
British Standards.
CMH :
RPM :
BTU/Hr.
Kcal/Hr.
HZ :
Hertz.
H.P. :
Horse Power
SAG :
SAD :
SAF :
FD :
Fire Damper.
VCD :
RAD :
FAD :
RH :
Relative Humidity.
DB :
WB :
DP :
Drain Point.
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1.4
1.
amendment 1
: IS 659 : 1964 (reaffirmed 1991)
2.
3.
4.
1991)
5.
1991)
6.
1991)
7.
8.
9.
: IS 2379 : 1963
14. HRC Cartridge fuse links upto 650 Volts. : IS 2208 : 1976
&
universal motors
: IS : 996
: IS 2959 : 1975
31. Code
of
practice
for
installation
and
maintenance of motors
: IS 3106 : 1966
: IS ; 1554 ( Part I)
1.5
Safety Codes
In electrical works
: IS 5216
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1.6
Spacs
All shop drawings shall be prepared by the A.C Contractor after examining the
architectural & AC drawings.
2.0
DESIGN CONDITIONS
The design parameters to be used for detailed design of the air conditioning system as
follows:
2.1
Summer : DB: 40
o
C (105
o
F) & WB: 28.33
o
C (83
o
F).
Equipment performs to the above ambient conditions and not fail in conditions of 43
o
C
DB (dry bulb).
2.2
Room Temperature : 23
o
C + 1.1
o
C
Sl.
No.
A.C
space
Area (Sft)
Occu-
pancy
Lighting
(W/sft)
Equipment
(KW)
Fresh
Air
(cfm)
Sensible
Load
(BTU/
hr)
Total
load
(BTU/
hr)
ADP
(oF)
Dehmfd
Air (cfm)
Rem
arks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
First
floor
Library
21,884
12877.00
3.0
DESIGN PARAMETES
3.1
Ducting work
150.00
1.50
5.00
2250
560,131
a)
b)
c)
d)
: 6.66
e)
: 150.0
602,985
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3.2
Insulation
Maximum temperature rise in the supply air duct from Air-handlers outlet to farthest
outlet in C 1.10
4.0
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4.1
The air conditioning contractor must take all necessary precautions to have minimum
a)
Double fire retardant flexible connections shall be provided from air discharge to
b)
c)
provided. All loops should be large enough to allow connections to remain flexible.
d)
All conduit connection where conduits are 60mm or larger shall be made of 1.2
meters minimum length conduit installed in the shape of U and grossly slack to
provide maximum vibration isolation.
e)
The floor supported piping shall be mounted on pipe supports with 7.5mm ribbed
neoprene pads between the base plate of the pipes and the floors.
f)
All items suspended from false ceiling shall be isolated on separate hangers.
g)
In case of ducts, conduits, pipes & tubes the annular space between construction
h)
The supply duct starting from air handling unit & plenum shall be provided with 12
i)
The air-conditioning contractor shall take all other precautions or shall make his
own arrangements even if not specified in the tender documents for eliminating
high noise levels & shall minimize vibrations in all mechanical equipments without
any additional cost.
5.0
The air-conditioning of the IACS Kolkata shall be based on the air cooled Floor Mounted
Type package unit for 1st Floor area.
The 1st Floor area shall be air-conditioned by the Air Cooled Floor Mounted type
packaged air conditioning unit. The Installed capacity of the A. C. Unit shall be 90 TR
(approximately) (4 Nos 15 TR Air Cooled Scroll Package Unit as working + 2 Nos 15 TR
unit as standby)
The Condenser for the package unit shall be located outside the building and on a MS
structure. The Supply air main ducting from the package Units shall be run above the
false ceiling to the conditioned space as per layout enclosed with tender. The
Conditioned air shall be distributed through the ceiling mounted type diffuser/ Grill as per
distribution arrangement indicated in the drawings.
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The return air shall be mixed with fresh air before passage over the cooling coils.
The fresh air intake shall be complete with Air Intake Louvers with insect screen, &
Manual & Motorized Volume Control damper. The Motorized VCD will be controlled
through a CO2 Sensor and a controller. Vendor has to select the controller in such a way
that, set point of CO 2 level and actual CO 2 quantum can be seen on the controller and
the controller can give necessary 0-10mA output to the Motorized damper in such a way
that based on the actual level of CO2 the fresh air damper will open / Close. The
Controller should be such that, the minimum & Maximum value of the operating range
can be adjusted in the controller.
The Ductwork shall have provision for Volume control dampers for balancing the system.
The entire supply air duct shall be insulated with the CLASS O ANTIMICROBIAL type 13
mm thick Nitrile rubber with Al. Foil Faced. All the Terminal Diffuser / Grill also with Al.
Volume Control damper to have proper air distribution inside Conditioned area and for
balancing purpose. To control the Noise level inside area as per noise level mentioned
above, acoustic lining shall be provided inside the Duct up to three meters (3M) from the
indoor unit mouth as mentioned in the drawing. Necessary Motorized Type Fire damper
with spring return type actuator for supply air duct and Fusible link type fire damper as
per UL555 shall be provided for Return air path for fire protection. Necessary electrical
interlocking arrangement shall be provided with fire damper & Evaporator fan motor to
shut down the AC fan on detection of fire.
5.1
The evaporator fan should be with DIDW type centrifugal fan of AMCA certified having
with the minimum followings:
Tab-lock blades
The capacity of the each Evaporator fan for 16.5TR unit should be 6800 CFM. The
Static pressure for the fan should be 35mm WG. The fan motor should have belt driven
type with variable pitch pulley to adjust the CFM during commissioning & maintenance.
The evaporator section should have with 4R deep cooling coil and with 50mm thick
Synthetic washable type pre filter with 90% efficiency down to 10 micron.
The Filter & Coil face velocity should not be more than 500 FPM. Each unit should have
multiple scroll compressors. The unit should also with either Thermostatic or Electronic
expansion valve. The drain pan of the indoor unit should be insulated with proper
sandwich insulation to protect condensation. Oppose blade type Volume control damper
to be provided outside the mouth of unit with ON / OFF marking for proper controlling &
adjustment of Air quantity as per design condition.
1.
2.
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3.
4.
5.
1.
In the power saving mode, when the compressor is off, the condenser fan should
2.
Room temperature set point and the actual room temp. to be displayed though
3.
Programmable operation feature for one year with real time clock.
4.
5.
6.
Condenser
The Air Cooled Condenser should be with aerofoil type low power consumption fan, heat
exchanger to be coated with golden anticorrosive on aluminum Fins surface. The
Cooling coil to be design in such a way that the package unit can work upto 45
o
C.
Refrigerant Pipe:
The indoor & outdoor unit to be connected with the hard drawn copper pipe of minimum
18G thickness. All the elbow & reducer should be with the same thickness of the pipe.
The size of the refrigerant pipes to be done by the vendor based of actual pipe length
etc. The Refrigerant pipes should be Pressure tested at 400 PSI / 200 PSI and shall hold
the pressure for 24 hrs. Proper Vacuuming should be done before charging of the
refrigerant.
Pipe Supports
All refrigerant piping shall be supported to prevent deflection, bulking and vibration.
Piping shall be supported at all changes in direction and at intervals of not more than 1.2
meters on straight runs. Pipe supports and clamps shall be subject to approval of
consultant. Pipe work on roofs and floors shall be supported on off-set clamps, floor. The
Pipe support stands shall be bolted to the concrete slab or steel members. Vertical pipe
work shall be supported with trapeze hangers with rods suspended from inserts.
Condensate drain pipe supports shall be capable of vertical adjustment after installation
of piping. All pipe works passing through the walls, floors and roof slabs shall be
provided with pipe sleeves of adequate size to allow the passage of insulation.
Electrical Cabling
All the connected Power cable should be with Al. Ar. Cable of 1100 V grade & control
cable should be with Cu. Ar. Cable of 1100 V grade. The minimum size of Power cable
should be 4 sqmm Aluminium & for control cable 2.5 sqmm copper. The incoming supply
of the MCC should be with MCCB & all outgoing feeder should be with MCB & for
compressor MCCB of suitable rating. The Outdoor Structure should be such that proper
maintenance is possible and isolators to be provided near condensers with necessary
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interlock with package unit, so that for maintenance / emergency condensers can switch
off.
Noise Levels
Noise level inside the conditioned area resulting from the units shall not exceed the
following:
All running equipments shall be isolated from the building structure and the support
isolated from other items of equipment.
All the units shall have anti-vibration mountings of approved make and these shall be
subject to approval of the consultant.
All the Air distribution system should be designed in such a way so that inside noise level
should be within NC 35.
Vibration Isolators
All plant shall be isolated from the building structure and the support isolated from other
items of equipment.
The package units shall have anti-vibration mountings of approved make subject to
consultants approval.
Multi-layer rubber pads with square grid convolutions on both sides, spaced with steel
shims and of a thickness to suit the points of uniform loading of the plant item but of a
minimum thickness of 32 mm shall be spaced not more than 750 to 1000 mm apart.
6.0
DUCTWORK
This section deals with supply, erection, testing & balancing of GI sheet metal duct work
and air registers conforming to specifications as given below:
The duct shall be fabricated out of galvanised sheet, class VIII (Zinc coating 120
gm/mnas per the parameters given below which are conforming to IS 655-1963.
Maximum Thickness
751 to 1000
3 mm bar reinforcing on
2.5 m centers
40 x 40 x 3 mm angles, 1.2
m from joints.
1501 to 2250
40 x 40 mm angle
connections, or 40 mm
bar slips, 1 m maximum
centers with 35 x 3 mm
bar reinforcing.
40 x 40 3 mm diagonal
angles, or 40 x 40 x 3 mm
angle 60 cm from joint.
* Ducts 2250 mm and larger require special field study for hanging and supporting
methods.
In addition to above the following points should be also taken into account while
fabrication of ducts.
a)
b)
All ducts shall be supported from the ceiling / slab by means of MS rods of dia 9mm
c)
The vanes shall be provided wherever required and shall be securely fastened to
d)
joints.
The rubber gasket shall be installed between duct flanges in all connections and
e)
f)
The flexible joints shall be fitted to the delivery side of AHU fans with Fire Retardant
Double canvass. The length of flexible joints should not be less than 150 mm and
not more than 300 mm between face.
g)
The ducting work can be modified if deemed necessary in consultation with the
h)
These dampers shall be provided in the ducting work for proper control and
balancing of air distribution. All dampers shall be louver type robust construction.
These dampers shall be fitted with easily accessible operating mechanism,
complete with links, levers, quadrant for proper control and setting in a desired
position. The position of the handle of the damper operating mechanism shall be
clearly visible and shall indicate the position of the damper in the duct. All dampers,
splitters shall be fabricated out of G.S. sheet of two gauges higher than the duct
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piece having these fittings. Dampers shall be installed in duct at all required
locations. No extra payment shall be made separately since these form part of
Air Circulation System.
NOTE: In case angle iron supports are not feasible to be installed for supporting the
ducts due to height constraint then the contractor shall support the ducts with M.S
flats of at least double the thickness of the angle iron supports.
A)
The supply and return air grills and ceiling diffusers shall be made of powder coated
extruded aluminum sections. The supply air grills / diffusers shall be provided with screw
operated opposed blade volume control device made of extruded aluminum in black
anodized finish. All grills / diffusers shall have soft continuous rubber / foam gasket
between the periphery of the grills / diffusers and surface on which it has to be mounted.
The colour of grills / diffuser shall be as per the approval of the Engineer in Charge.
B)
The linear continuous supply / return air grills shall be made of powder coated extruded
aluminum construction with fixed horizontal bars. The thickness of fixed bar louvers shall
be 5mm in front and the flange shall be 20mm wide with round edges. The register shall
be suitable for concealed fixing and horizontal bars of the grills shall mechanically crimp
from the back to hold them.
The colour of grills shall be as per the approval of the Engineer in Charge. The volume
control device made of extruded aluminum construction in black anodized finish shall be
provided in supply air duct collars only.
C)
The square / rectangular ceiling diffusers shall be made of powder coated extruded
aluminum construction with flush fixed pattern. The diffusers shall have Anti-Smudge ring
and spring loaded removable central core in various pattern for air flow direction. The
diffusers shall be mounted by concealed screw fixing arrangement. The volume control
device of extruded aluminum construction in black anodized finish shall be provided in
supply air diffusers. The colour of diffuser shall be as per the approval of the Engineer in
Charge.
D)
The opposed blade volume control device shall be made of Powder Coated extruded
aluminum construction in black anodized finish. Opposed blades shall be pivoted to
extruded aluminum frame with Nylon bushes. Specially designed blade shall have an
overlapping lip which shall ensure a tight closure.
E)
The fresh air intake louvers at least 50mm deep will be made of powder coated extruded
aluminum construction. Bird / insect screen will be provided with the intake louvers. The
blades shall be inclined at 45 degree on a 40mm blade pitch to minimize water ingress.
The lowest blade of the assembly shall be extended out slightly to facilitate disposal of
rain water without falling on door / wall on which it is mounted.
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The intake louvers shall be provided with factory fitted aluminum construction volume
control dampers in black anodized finish.
PAINTING
All ducts collar / shoot behind the grills / diffuser shall be given at least two coats oil black
enamel paints.
TESTING
The complete duct system shall be tested for air leakage & complete air distribution
system shall be balanced in accordance with air quantities indicated on the approved
drawing
This section deals with supply and fixing of thermal / acoustic insulation of ducts, pipes
etc. as per the specification given in this section.
MATERIAL OF INSULATION
The insulation material of the following kind shall be used for cold insulation.
a)
The insulation shall have fire performance such that it passes Class 1 as
per BS476 Part 7 for surface spread of flame as per BS 476 and also pass
Fire Propagation requirement as per BS476 Part 6 to meet the Class O
Fire category as per 1991 Building Regulations (England & Wales) and the
Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990
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Water vapour permeability shall not exceed 1.74 x 10-14 Kg / (m.s.Pa), i.e.
The Insulation materials should be with self adhesive type and with Al. Foil
Mean Temperature
o
C Density in Kg/cmt Thermal Conductivity W/m.k
25
o
C 32 0.032
50
o
C 32 0.035
The sample of insulation material shall be submitted for approval to the Engineer in
Charge and the sample shall be tested for thermal conductivity values by the contractor at
his own expense. Adhesive used for setting the insulation shall be non-flammable, vapor
proof, CPRX compound.
Conditioned space
a)
Supply Air Duct Insulated with 13 mm thick Aluminium faced Close cell
Nitril Rubber
The application of insulation should be carried out in workman like manner as detailed
below
a)
b)
c)
To fix factory pre-laminated aluminium faced self adhesive type close cell Nitril
d)
joints.
e)
Finally fix PVC straps of 19mm width at every 300mm centre to centre.
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The material to be used for duct lining shall be 25mm thick resin bonded fiber glass
having a density of 32 Kg/m or 12 mm thick fibre glass rigid board of density 48 Kg/m &
covered with 0.5 mm thick perforated aluminum sheet. The lining of initial length of the
duct shall be done as shown in the tender layout drawings & shall be carried out as
follows.
a)
b)
c)
Fix the fiber glass of suitable thickness & cover with fiber glass tissue paper.
d)
Cover the insulation board with 0.5mm thick perforated aluminium sheet with at
e)
Secure the aluminium sheet with GI frame work with cadmium coated self taping
Special Notes:
1.
All the party should submit the Equipment rating chart at different temperature /
outside condition.
2.
Compressor ratting chart should be submitted along with tender for proper
3.
Vendor should submit the technical Data Sheet & Shop drawing within 7 days
from date of issue of order for necessary approval by consultant before physically
start the work at site.
4.
5.
Vendor should submit the complete operation & maintenance manual containing
As Built Drawing, Dos & Dont, Operation procedure, Set points of different
parameters, Catalogue & Technical details etc.