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.

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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. Contact CED Engineering for the exact compliant design.