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An engineer needs to design an air conditioning system for a single-storey office building located at 30°N latitude. The report needs to include the total heat load, sensible heat load, and latent heat load. Information provided includes building construction details, outdoor/indoor design conditions, occupancy, and lighting load.

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Case Study 2

An engineer needs to design an air conditioning system for a single-storey office building located at 30°N latitude. The report needs to include the total heat load, sensible heat load, and latent heat load. Information provided includes building construction details, outdoor/indoor design conditions, occupancy, and lighting load.

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You as an engineer in one of the engineering company need to design an air conditioning for a 4

m high single-storey office building located at 30o N latitude as shown in Figure 1. You need to
write a complete report with
i) total heat load,
ii) sensible heat loads and
iii) latent heat loads.

Figure 1
1
Plaster on inside wall : 1 4
Outside wall construction : 20 cm concrete block
: 10 cm brick veneer
Partition wall construction : 33 cm brick
Roof construction : 20 cm RCC slab with 4 cm asbestos cement board
Floor construction : 20 cm concrete
Densities, brick : 3000 kg/m3
Concrete : 2200 kg/m3
Plaster : 1996 kg/m3
Asbestos board : 720 kg/m3
Fenestration
1
(Weather stripped loose fit) : 2 m X 1 2 m glass, U = 5.9 Wm-2K-1
1
Doors : 1 2 m X 2 m wood panels, U = 0.63 Wm-2K-1
Outdoor design conditions : 43oC DBT, 27oC WBT
Indoor design conditions : 34oC DBT, 50 % RH
Daily range : 31oC to 43oC = 12oC
Occupancy : 100
Lights : 15,000 W fluorescent

Assumed bypass factor of cooling coil 0.15.

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