Problem (1)

An air conditioned room that stands on well ventilated basement measures as shown in the
figure. The south and the east walls contain double glazed glass windows with no external
shading. There are no heat gains through the walls facing the air conditioned rooms. The ceiling
height is 3m. Calculate the sensible, latent and total heat gains on the room, room sensible heat
factor from the following information. Also determine the required cooling capacity.

Inside conditions ……………….. 25oC dry bulb temperature, 50% RH

Outside conditions ………………. 35oC dry bulb temperature, 20oC WBT
U - Value for wall ………………….1.8 W/m2.K
U - Value for roof ………………….1.34 W/m2.K
U - Value for floor ………………….1.2 W/m2.K
U - Value for glass ………………….3.12 W/m2.K
Wall CLTD value ………………… 15oC
Roof CLTD value …………………20oC
Solar heat gain (SHG) of the glass…. 300 W/m2
Internal shading coefficient ……….. 0.86
Occupancy …………………………8 (90 W sensible heat/person)
(40 W latent heat/person)
Lighting load………………………. 33 W/m2 of floor area

Appliance load ……………………. 300W (sensible) +100W(latent)

Infiltration …………………………0.5 Air changes per hour.

Cooling load factor (CLF) ……….. 0.8

Barometric pressure ………………. 1 bar

Problem (2)

An air conditioned room that stands on well ventilated basement measures as shown in the
figure. One of the two 6m walls faces south and contains a double glazed glass window with
no external shading. There are no heat gains through the walls other than the one facing south.
The ceiling height is 3m. Calculate the sensible, latent and total heat gains on the room, room
sensible heat factor from the following information. Also determine the required cooling
capacity.

Inside conditions ……………….. 25oC dry bulb temperature, 50% RH

Outside conditions ………………. 30oC dry bulb temperature, 22oC WBT
U - Value for wall ………………….2 W/m2.K
U - Value for roof ………………….1.316 W/m2.K
U - Value for floor ………………….1.2 W/m2.K
U - Value for glass ………………….3.12 W/m2.K
Wall CLTD value ………………… 15oC
Roof CLTD value …………………20oC
Solar heat gain(SHG) of the glass…. 300 W/m2
Internal shading coefficient ……….. 0.86
Occupancy …………………………8 (90 W sensible heat/person)
(40 W latent heat/person)
Lighting load………………………. 33 W/m2 of floor area

Appliance load ……………………. 600 W(sensible) +300 W(latent)

Infiltration …………………………0.5 Air changes per hour.

Barometric pressure ………………. 1 bar

Problem (3)

An air conditioned room that stands on well ventilated basement measures as shown in the
figure. One of the two 6m walls faces south and contains a double glazed glass window with
no external shading. There are no heat gains through the walls other than the one facing south.
The ceiling height is 3m. Calculate the sensible, latent and total heat gains on the room, room
sensible heat factor from the following information. Also determine the required cooling
capacity.

Inside conditions ……………….. 25oC dry bulb temperature, 50% RH

Outside conditions ………………. 35oC dry bulb temperature, 28oC WBT
U - Value for wall ………………….2.2W/m2.K
U - Value for roof ………………….1.316 W/m2.K
U - Value for floor ………………….1.2 W/m2.K
U - Value for glass ………………….3.12 W/m2.K
Wall CLTD value ………………… 18oC
Roof CLTD value …………………..23oC
Solar heat gain(SHG) of the glass…. 300 W/m2
Internal shading coefficient ……….. 0.86
Occupancy …………………………10 (90 W sensible heat/person)
(40 W latent heat/person)
Lighting load………………………. 33 W/m2 of floor area

Appliance load ……………………. 700 W(sensible) +400 W(latent)

Infiltration …………………………0.5 Air changes per hour.

Barometric pressure ………………. 1 bar

%Matlab Code for

%COOLING LOAD CALCULATION

Ti=input('Enter the indoor temperature >');

fi=input('Enter the indoor relative humidity >');
Ah=input('Enter the indoor absolute humidity >');
To=input('Enter the outdoor design dry bulb temperature >');
Tow=input('Enter the outdoor design wet bulb temperature >');
Aho=input('Enter the outdoor absolute humidity >');
Uw=input('Enter the wall U value >');
Ur=input('Enter the roof U value >');
Uf=input('Enter the floor U value >');
Ug=input('Enter the glass U value >');
CLTDw=input('Enter the wall CLTD value >');
CLTDr=input('Enter the roof CLTD value >');
CLTDf=To-Ti;
SHGg=input('Enter the glass SHG value >');
SC=input('Enter the shading coefficient of glass >');
Ll=input('Enter the lighting load>');
occ=input('Enter the number of occupants >');
spoc=input('Enter the sensible load per occupant >');
lpoc=input('Enter the latent load per occupant >');
Apls=input('Enter the appliance sensible load >');
Apll=input('Enter the appliance latent load >');
infl=input('Enter the infiltration rate >');

% External Loads

% A, Heat through the wall

Ag=input('Enter gross area of wall >');

nw=input('Enter the number of widows >');
Aw=input('Enter area of window >');
Qw=Uw*(Ag-nw*Aw)*CLTDw;

% B, Heat through the roof

Ar=input('Enter area of roof >');

Qr=Ur*Ar*CLTDr;

% c, Heat through the floor

Af=input('Enter area of floor >');

Qf=Uf*Af*CLTDf;

% d, Heat through the glass

Qg=Aw*(Ug*(To-Ti)+SHGg*SC);

% e, Heat due to infiltration

V=input('Enter room volume >');

minf=infl*V*1.095/3600;
Qsinf=minf*1021.6*(To-Ti);
Qlinf=minf*2501000*(Aho-Ah);

% INTERNAL LOADS
% a, Load due to occupants

Qsocc=occ*spoc;
Qlocc=occ*lpoc;

% b, Load due to lighting

Qlits=Ll*Af;

% c, Load due to appliances

Qsapp=Apls;
Qlapp=Apll;

%TOTAL SENSIBLE HEAT

Qstotal=Qw+Qr+Qf+Qg+Qsinf+Qsocc+Qlits+Qsapp

%TOTAL LATENT HEAT

Qltotal=Qlinf+Qlocc+Qlapp

%TOTAL LOAD

Qtotal=Qstotal+Qltotal

% ROOM SENSIBLE HEAT FACTOR (RSHF)

RSHF=Qstotal/Qtotal

%REQUIRED COOLING CAPACITY

Qcapacity=1.25*Qtotal