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Prepare a preliminary buffer-tank sizing note

Compare three operating scenarios to estimate the useful buffer volume for a small chilled-water loop.

Cedarloop Cooling

Casablanca, Morocco Remote

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The brief

The work and the intended result

A process cooling loop sees short load peaks that may be better served by a buffer tank than a larger chiller. We need an initial volume estimate from three supplied load profiles, a temperature-swing assumption and the chiller operating limits. Provide a simple dynamic energy balance, a sensitivity to usable temperature range and a concise design-input note. Vessel design, piping detail, controls implementation and equipment purchasing are excluded.

Duration
5 working days
Commitment
Approx. 14 hours total
Location
Remote

What you’ll deliver

  • An editable time-step energy-balance calculation for three profiles
  • Required useful volume and recovery-time estimates with explicit assumptions
  • One sensitivity table for the usable temperature range
  • A four-page sizing note and a list of inputs needed before selecting equipment

Expertise needed

  • Experience with water-loop thermal balances and preliminary equipment sizing
  • Ability to explain the distinction between useful and nominal tank volume
  • A calculation format that the client can update with a revised load profile
  • Equipment sizing
  • Energy modelling
  • Process design
  • Thermal systems

A running start

What’s already in place

  • Three ten-second load profiles and the proposed operating temperature range
  • Chiller capacity information and minimum-run-time guidance
  • A simplified loop sketch and space envelope

Project milestones

To shape together
  1. 01

    Confirm the thermal assumptions

    Review the three profiles and agree the temperature range and chiller representation.

  2. 02

    Calculate the useful volume

    Run the profiles and the temperature-range sensitivity with visible unit conversions.

  3. 03

    Review the sizing note

    Demonstrate one changed input and its effect, then document what remains necessary for equipment selection.

To agree before starting

A shared definition of done

Confirm the deliverables, review checks and response window together so everyone knows what a successful handover looks like.

Suggested acceptance criteria

  • Every agreed deliverable is included in the handover, in the agreed file formats.
  • Assumptions, limitations and open questions are documented alongside the work.
  • The project owner reviews the work against the brief and returns one consolidated feedback list before approval.

When the scope changes

Record the requested change, its reason and its effect on deliverables, budget and timing. Both parties agree the revised scope in writing before the additional work begins.