Lecture 4

Load Calculation
Theory and Application

By
Ashish S. Raut
Example 8:
A retail shop located in a city at 30 °N latitude has the following
loads:

• Room sensible heat = 58.15 kW

• Room latent heat = 14.54 kW
• Summer outside conditions = 40°C DBT and 27°C WBT
• Inside conditions = 25°C DBT and 50% RH
• 70 m3/min of ventilation air is used. Determine the following ,
if BPF of cooling coil is 0.15.
1. Ventilation load
2. Grand total heat
3. Effective room sensible heat factor
4. Apparatus dew point
5. Dehumidified air quality
6. Condition of air entering and leaving the apparatus
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Given :
• RSH = 58.15 Kw
• RLH = 14.54 kW
• td1 = 40 °C
• twl = 27 °C
• td2 = 25°C
• ∅2 = 50%
• v1 = 70 m3/min
• BPF = 0.15

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1. Ventilation load
• OASH = 0.02044 V1 (td1 – td2)
• OASH = 0.02044 x 70 (40 – 25) = 21.46 kW

• OATH = 0.02 V1 (h1 – h2)

• OATH = 0.02 x 70 (85.2 – 50) = 49.28 kW (Ventilation Load)

2. Grand Total Heat

• OALH = OATH – OASH
• OALH = 49.28 – 21.46 kW

• TSH = RSH + OASH

• TSH = 58.15 +21.46 = 79.61 kW

• TLH = RLH + OALH

• TLH = 14.54 + 27.82 = 42.36 kW

• GTH = TSH +TLH

• GTH = 79.61 + 42.36 = 121.97 kW
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3. Effective Room Sensible Heat Factor
• ERSH = RSH + OASH x BPF
• ERSH = 58.15 +21.46 x 0.15 = 61.37 kW

• ERLH = RLH + OALH x BPF

• ERLH = 14.54 + 27.82 x 0.15 = 18.71 kW

𝐸𝑅𝑆𝐻
• ERSHF =
𝐸𝑅𝑆𝐻+𝐸𝑅𝐿𝐻

61.37
• ERSHF = = 0.766
61.37 +18.71

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4. Apparatus Dew Point
• draw a-b line (ERSHF to alignment circle), the draw
parallel line from point 2 to saturation curve mark 6
• ADP = td6 = 11°C

5. Dehumidified Air Quality

• ERSH = 0.02044 vd (td2 – ADP) ( 1 – BPF)
• 61.37 = 0.02044 vd (25 – 11) ( 1 – 0.15) = 0.243 vd
• Vd = 61. 37 / 0.243 = 253 m3/min

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6. Condition of air entering and leaving the apparatus
• Volume of recirculated air Vd – V1
• = 253 – 70 = 183 m3/min

• The mixing condition at point 3

70
• Length 2-3 = length 1-2 x
253
• Mark point 3 on line 1-2 and find the DBT & WBT
• td3 = 29°C and tw3 = 20.7°C

• Through point 3 draw line 3-6 (GSHF line)and mark point 4

such that
𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 4−6
• = 𝐵𝑃𝐹
𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 3−6
• Find DBT & WBT at point 4
• td4 = 13.7°C and tw 4 = 12.7°C
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 Cooling Load
• The total heat required to be removed from the space in
order to bring it at the desired temperature by the air
conditioning and refrigeration equipment's is known as
cooling load.
• The purpose of a load estimation is to determine the size
of the air conditioning and refrigeration equipment that is
required to maintain inside design conditions during
maximum outside temperature.

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 Components of cooling load
• Sensible Heat Gain
• Walls, floors, ceilings, doors, windows, due to temperature
difference in two sides
• Solar radiation, transmitted through glass, ventilators, doors
• Lights, motors, machinery, cooking operations, industrial process
• Heat liberated by occupants
• Outside air leakages (infiltration) through cracks, doors,
windows

• Latent Heat Gain

• Moisture in outside air by infiltration
• Condensation of moisture from occupants
• Condensation of moisture by cooking foods

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