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Cooling Load Calculation

The document discusses cooling load calculation for HVAC systems. It defines cooling load as the total heat that must be removed from a space to bring it to a desired temperature. To size AC equipment properly, designers calculate the sensible and latent heat gains imposed on the system during hot weather. Sensible heat comes from conduction, solar radiation, occupants, lights and more. Latent heat is heat from moisture, like infiltration, occupants, or cooking. The total heat load is the sum of sensible and latent loads.

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Cooling Load Calculation

The document discusses cooling load calculation for HVAC systems. It defines cooling load as the total heat that must be removed from a space to bring it to a desired temperature. To size AC equipment properly, designers calculate the sensible and latent heat gains imposed on the system during hot weather. Sensible heat comes from conduction, solar radiation, occupants, lights and more. Latent heat is heat from moisture, like infiltration, occupants, or cooking. The total heat load is the sum of sensible and latent loads.

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HVAC

COOLING LOAD CALCULATION


 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
is known as cooling load
 To determine the size of the air conditioning and
refrigeration equipment that is required to
maintain inside design conditions during periods
of maximum outside temperatures
 Design load is based on inside and outside design
conditions
Two main components of a cooling load imposed
on AC plant operating during hot weather are:
 Sensible Heat Gain:
When there is a direct addition of heat to the
enclosed space, a gain in the sensible heat occur.
This is to be removed during summer air
conditioning
Sensible heat gain may occur due to the
following sources of heat transfer:

a) Heat flowing into the building by conduction


through exterior walls, floors, ceilings, doors
and windows due to the temperature difference
on their two sides
b) Heat received from solar radiation. It consists of
(i) Heat transmitted directly through glass of
windows, ventilators or doors and
(ii) Heat absorbed by walls and roofs exposed to
solar radiation and later on transferred to room by
conduction
c) Heat conducted though interior partition from
rooms in the same building which are not
conditioned
d) Heat given off by lights, motors, machinery,
cooking operations etc
e) Heat liberated by occupants
f) Heat carried out by the outside air which leaks in
(infiltrating air) through the cracks in doors,
windows and through their frequent openings
g) Heat gain through the walls of ducts carrying
conditioned air through unconditioned space in
the building
h) Heat gain from the fan work
Latent Heat Gain:
When there is addition of water vapor to the air
of enclosed space, a gain in latent heat occur
This latent heat is to be removed during the
process of summer air conditioning
Latent Heat may occur due to any of the
following sources:
a) Heat gain due to moisture in the outside air
entering by infiltration
b) Heat gain due to condensation of moisture from
occupants
c) Heat gain due to condensation of moisture from
any process such as cooking foods
d) Heat gain due to moisture passing directly into
the conditioned space through permeable walls or
partitions from the outside where the water vapor
pressure is higher
 Total Heat load to be removed by AC = Sensible
Heat loads + Latent Heat Loads

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