AHU cooling coil not reaching design off-coil temperature – looking for troubleshooting advice
Hi everyone,
I’m troubleshooting an AHU that isn’t achieving its design cooling performance, and I’d appreciate any suggestions.
Current operating conditions:
Chilled water inlet temperature: **8°C**
Chilled water outlet temperature: **20°C**
Fresh air temperature: **22°C**
Off-coil air temperature: **17°C** (consistently)
Coil water flow: **15.8 m³/h**
Design off-coil temperature: **9.5°C**
We’ve already:
Cleaned the strainer.
Flushed the cooling coil.
However, the off-coil temperature remains around **17°C**.
Because of this, the supply air temperature stays high, and the space temperature remains above **22°C**, whereas the design space temperature should be below **19°C**.
Has anyone experienced a similar issue? What could be causing the coil to underperform despite the available chilled water flow? Could this be related to coil performance, air bypass, balancing, control valve issues, incorrect flow measurement, or something else?
Any troubleshooting suggestions would be greatly appreciated.