Knowledge is Power

Belimo Energy Valve™

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Product Presentation Agenda

• The Evolution of BELIMO Control Valves

• Coil Performance Influences
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Overview
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Tools
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Customer Targets/Benefits

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Evolution of the Control Valve
Energy Valve

ePIV

Packaged Flow & ΔT

Measurement and Control
PICCV (enables Data Collection &
Coil ΔT Management)
Flow Measurement
(actual flow feedback – live)
CCV
Pressure Independent
(constant flow)

Characterized Control (position)

Time
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PI Valves

2-way valve that supplies a specific flow for each value of the
control signal –

– Regardless of pressure variations in the system

Pressure
PI Valve
Flow
 ePIV Operation

Pressure Independent VAV Box

Air Flow

Temp. Control

Measurement Device Air

Measurement Device Water Actuator Pressure Independent Control Valve
From Temp. Control

Water Flow
Agenda

• The Evolution of BELIMO Control Valves

• Coil Performance Influences
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Overview
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Customer Targets/Benefits

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Coil Degradation
Coils Heat Transfer Degrades over time

• Damaged Coils
• Air Side Fouling
• Water Side fouling

Damaged coils Air Side fouling Water Side fouling

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Power Saturation Point / Waste Zone

Key
Terms:
Power Saturation Point
• Point beyond which coil cannot yield additional heat
transfer regardless of increased flow.

Waste Zone
• Range beyond the “Power Saturation Point”.

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Waste Zone
Very little if any waste zone exists with a designed coil
efficiency at or near maximum efficiency.

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 Waste Zone
As a coil ages or becomes fouled or damaged the coil efficiency drops

Power Saturation
Point

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Waste Zone
Coil efficiency continues to degrade overtime

Power Saturation
Point

The Coil reaches the Power Saturation Point long before the maximum
flow is reached

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Power & Delta T
Achieving the ideal amount of heat transfer in a coil
is critical for overall system efficiency.
Power Saturation
Point

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Agenda

• The Evolution of PICCV

• Coil Performance Influences
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Overview
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Tools
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Customer Targets/Benefits

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What is the Belimo Energy Valve™?

The Energy Valve is a pressure independent control valve that

optimizes, documents and proves water coil performance.

BACnet
Actuator
Flow Sensor

Temperature Sensors
Valve (for supply & return water)

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What is the Belimo Energy™ Valve?

Actuator
• Integrated Windows
Operating system

• Stores 13 months of data

• Delta T Manager Algorithm

• BACnet

• Communicates to SL Module
on the flow sensor

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Supported Networks

• Network Communication
• BACnet MS/TP
• BACnet IP
• TCP/IP
• MP-bus

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What is the Belimo Energy Valve™?
• 2 way Characterized ball
valve Valve Body

• 2 ½ - 6”

• 127-713GPM

• ANSI 125

• Valve Body - Cast Iron

• Flow Body - Ductile Iron

• Chilled or hot water

• Up to 50% glycol

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What is the Belimo Energy Valve™?

Flow Sensor

• Electro Magnetic flow

sensor.

• No moving parts or
openings to clog or jam

• No maintenance

• Accuracy +/- 2%

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What is the Belimo Energy Valve™?

Temp.
Sensors
• Resistance
Temperature Detectors
(RTD’s)

• Remote sensor is
Installed in provided
thermo well on opposite
side of coil

• More expensive than

thermistors and much
more accurate
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Patented & Patent Pending Innovation
US-Patent: 2011/0153089
HVAC actuator comprising a
network interface, data store
and a processor.
US-Patent: 2009/0009115
Control of sensor less and
brushless DC-Motor.
US-Patent: 1999/30780 and
1999/09138
Control valve with modified
characteristic CCV.
US-Patent: 1999/6837480
Pressure Independent
Control Valve
US-Patent: 6,352,106 B1
(by Optimum Energy under
exclusive license agreement)
High efficiency pumping and
distribution system
incorporating a self-balancing,
modulating control valve.
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Energy Valve Product Range

Flow Size Size 2‐ Way  Actuators  

GPM Inch DN (mm) Flanged Non‐Spring Return

95‐127 2.5 65 EV250S‐127 ARBX24‐65

133‐180 3 80 EV300S‐180 ARBX24‐80

195‐317 4 100 EV6400S‐317 ARBX24‐100

335‐495 5 125 EV6500S‐495 GRBX24‐125

515‐713 6 150 EV6600S‐713 GRBX24‐150

i.e. EV250S-127+ARBX24-65

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Template
Energy Valve Operation

Strategies
• Flow + ∆T Manager
• Flow
• Position + ∆T Manager
• Position

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Delta T Manager™
DDC Controlling Flow to
achieve DDC flow setpoint

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90 Delta T Flow SP 20
Delta T Manager
Flow Setpoint (%)

80 18
takes over
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70
Actual Delta T 14 SP (min)
60
12
50
10

Delta T (°F)
40

30 DDC Flow SP 8

20 6

10 4

0
Time
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Delta T Manager™
Limiting flow to maintain ∆T setpoint

100

90 Delta T Flow SP 20
Flow Setpoint (%)

80
18
70 16
Actual Delta T (°F)
60 14
SP (min)
50 Delta T 12
Manager

Delta T (°F)
40 10
Active
30 DDC Flow SP 8
20 6
10 4

0
Time
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Delta T Manager™
DDC flow lower
than ∆T Manager

100

90 Delta T Flow SP 20
Flow Setpoint (%)

80
18
70 16
Actual Delta T (°F)
60 14
SP (min)
50 Delta T 12
Manager

Delta T (°F)
40 10
DDC Flow SP Active
30 8
DDC is the
20 6
control signal
10 again 4

0
Time
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Delta T Manager™ Power & Delta T
Waste Zone

Waste Zone

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Delta T Manager
Actual Case Study from MIT
New right‐sized 
Coil @14F T

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Agenda

• The Evolution of PICCV

• Coil Performance Influences
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Overview
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Tools
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Customer Targets/Benefits

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Web View:
Web-Based Parameterization Tools
• Real Time Data
• Real Time Configuration

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Web View:
Live Trending

Trending
Examples

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Parameterization Tools
Hand Held Device (ZTH-2 US)

• Quick Programming

• Quick Reconfiguration

• Fast Commissioning

• Local Display

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Data Analysis Tool

Energy Valve
• Data Logging and
Storage
• Up to 13 Months of Data
• Export to .csv file format

Excel Tool
• Import .csv in to Excel
Tool
• Power Curves
• Charts, Graphs,
Trending

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Energy Valve Settings Ordering Tool

• Required for valve

set up

• Customer Options

• Same as Web-view

• Defaults pre-set

• Generates PDF

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Agenda

• The Evolution of PICCV

• Coil Performance Influences
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Overview
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Tools
• BELIMO Energy Valve™ Customer Targets/Benefits

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Energy Valve Strategy – Continuous
Commissioning

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End Users Targets

• Hydronic Systems
• Owner-Occupied
• Sophisticated Owners
• Green Buildings
• Campuses
• District Cooling/Heating

Other Targets
• Consulting Engineers
• Performance Contractors
• Controls Contractors
• OEMS

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End Users Benefits

• Effective solution to the Low ∆T

Syndrome

• Optimize the performance of

every water coil in the building

• Provides quantitative data on

Chiller Plant capacity

• Releases existing capacity for

future expansion

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End Users Benefits cont.

• Reduction in maintenance and

operating cost

• Data provides a transparent

maintenance picture

• Maintenance can be scheduled

based on performance

• Validation that repairs and

maintenance perform as
expected.

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Consulting Engineer Benefits
• Strategic advantage for engineering firms in competitive bids.

• Key part of a comprehensive retro-commissioning program

• Data Acquisition and storage provides documentation of

building performance to engineer’s design.

• Interoperable capabilities through BACnet interface.

• Obtain LEED points for

• New Construction
• Energy Optimization

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Performance Contractor Benefits

• Provides the ability to measure the performance of the

implemented Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs)

• Directly calculate the direct financial benefit from (ECMs)

• Control valve plus BTU meter plus BACnet

communications in a single package at minimal added cost

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Controls Contractor Benefits
• Strategic advantage for firms in competitive
bids.

• Value added feature for Design-Build

contractors.

• Data can be used by the DDC contractor in a

Building Diagnostics report via BACnet.

• Schedule preventive maintenance based on

coil trending data

• Improved commissioning/Continuous
Commissioning.

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 OEM/Other Partners Benefits
• Private label opportunities for select partners

• Integrated flow meter and temp sensor reduce cost and simplify installation

• BACnet capability for complete integration

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Why buy the Belimo Energy Valve™
Hydronic System Knowledge
• Flow, Energy Consumption, Delta T, Performance

Commissioning / Diagnostics
• Continuous Commissioning / Benchmarking

Coil
• ΔT Managing for peak coil efficiency
• Optimization in retro-fit applications
• Allows for predictive maintenance

Pump
• Reduced pumping energy from maximum coil ΔT’s achieved

Chiller Plant
• Improved efficiency from lower flow resulting in higher ΔT
• Released chilled water plant chiller capacity
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Belimo Energy Valve™

• One solution so many benefits!

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Thank You !!
Questions?

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