PHARMA HVAC CAPEX & OPEX Simulator
Bulletproof facility management starts before the concrete is poured. Undersized air handling units lead to contamination, while oversized chillers drain operational budgets. This calculator uses high-recirculation pharmaceutical physics to estimate the exact dedicated AHU counts, primary chilled water plant sizing, and total electrical loads required to maintain strict GMP/ISO compliance.
CED CRITICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
Pharma HVAC CAPEX & OPEX Preliminary Assessment
Pharma HVAC CAPEX & OPEX Estimator
Calculate critical airflow, primary equipment sizing, and power consumption based on GMP/ISO area classifications.
Facility Dimensions
CNC (Unclassified)
15 ACH | 6.0" TSP | 400 CFM/TR | No Reheat
Class D (ISO 8)
25 ACH | 8.0" TSP | 550 CFM/TR | Reheat: 0.5 kW/TR
Class C (ISO 7)
50 ACH | 8.5" TSP | 600 CFM/TR | Reheat: 0.5 kW/TR
Class B (ISO 5)
90 ACH | 9.0" TSP | 700 CFM/TR | Reheat: 0.5 kW/TR
CAPEX: Dedicated AHU Breakdown
CAPEX: Central Plant Load
Total Cooling Load
0 TR
Chillers (Modular Array)
0 Units
Total Chilled Water Flow
0 GPM
CHW Pumps (N+1 Redundancy)
0 Duty + 1 Standby
OPEX: Estimated Electrical Load
Dedicated AHU Fan Motors
0 kW
Chiller Plant (1.2 kW/TR)
0 kW
CHW Pumps (4 Bar Head)
0 kW
Electric Reheat (RH Control)
0 kW
Total Operational Power:
0 kW
CED Engineering Note: To strictly prevent cross-contamination, AHU quantities are calculated and dedicated per classification zone. Equipment sizing incorporates N+1 modular redundancy for chiller and pump arrays. Cooling loads are decoupled from standard comfort ratios to reflect high GMP recirculation rates.
⚠️ Disclaimer: This is an executive approximation for initial CAPEX/OPEX modeling. Final engineering values must be strictly calculated based on specific outdoor/indoor temperatures, Relative Humidity (RH) targets, internal equipment loads, building envelope, and dedicated dehumidifier requirements.
⚠️ Disclaimer: This is an executive approximation for initial CAPEX/OPEX modeling. Final engineering values must be strictly calculated based on specific outdoor/indoor temperatures, Relative Humidity (RH) targets, internal equipment loads, building envelope, and dedicated dehumidifier requirements.