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Cooling Load Calculations: Temperatures Summer Outdoor Coldest Outdoor Coldest Indoor

This document provides information to calculate the cooling load of a building in Mbtu/h. It includes input data on temperatures, wall specifications, doors, people load, and roof, window, infiltration, and equipment details. Based on the inputs, the computed total sensible cooling load is 15.24 Mbtu/h and net cooling load is 23.44 Mbtu/h.

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Cooling Load Calculations: Temperatures Summer Outdoor Coldest Outdoor Coldest Indoor

This document provides information to calculate the cooling load of a building in Mbtu/h. It includes input data on temperatures, wall specifications, doors, people load, and roof, window, infiltration, and equipment details. Based on the inputs, the computed total sensible cooling load is 15.24 Mbtu/h and net cooling load is 23.44 Mbtu/h.

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COOLING LOAD CALCULATIONS

*Input Data in Highlighted Boxes, Cooling Load Unit - Mbtu/h

TEMPERATURES
Summer Outdoor Coldest 20 o
F
Outdoor
Dry Bulb 93 o
F
Coldest 70 o
F
Summer Indoor Indoor
Dry Bulb 68 o
F Daily Range 25 o
F

Sensible Heat Ratio 0.65 Latitude 16.42 o


N

*SHR = Sensible Load/Total Load, Use: 0.65 for Tropic, 0.70 Humid, 0.75 Avg., 0.80
Dry, 0.85 Arid

WALLS
U CLTD Area(sq. ft) C. Load
North 0.055 15.5 193 0.16
NE 0.055 21.5 0.00
East 0.055 25.5 193 0.27
SE 0.055 23.5 0.00
South 0.055 18.5 193 0.20
SW 0.055 23.5 0.00
West 0.055 25.5 193 0.27
NW 0.055 21.5 0.00

DOORS
U CLTD Area(sq. ft) C. Load
North 0.25 15.5 0.00
NE 0.25 21.5 0.00
East 0.25 25.5 22 0.14
SE 0.25 23.5 0.00
South 0.25 18.5 0.00
SW 0.25 23.5 0.00
West 0.25 25.5 20 0.13
NW 0.25 21.5 0.00

PEOPLE
Number Btu/hr-person Cooling Load
5 230 1.15

Based on Ashrae Fundamentals Handbook 2001


LOAD CALCULATIONS

COMPUTED VALUES
Sensible Cooling Load, Mbtu/h 15.24
Net Cooling Load, Mbtu/h 23.44

Windows
U SC GLF Area (sq.ft) Cooling Load
North 0.55 0.45 25.06 14 0.35
NE 0.55 0.55 43.20 10 0.43
East 0.55 0.55 56.95 40 2.28
SE 0.55 0.55 39.79 11 0.44
South 0.55 0.55 24.17 14 0.34
SW 0.55 0.55 39.79 21 0.84
West 0.55 0.3 37.31 64 2.39
NW 0.55 0.55 93.83 12 1.13

Table for Shading Coefficients and U-Factors for Residential Windows

Drapes, Venetian
None Blind, or Translucent Opaque Roller Shade
Roller Shade

Glass Type SC U SC U SC U
Single 1.00 1.04 0.50 0.81 0.38 0.81
Double 0.88 0.61 0.45 0.55 0.36 0.55
Heat Absorbin 0.58 0.45 0.37 0.44 0.33 0.44
Triple 0.80 0.44 0.44 0.40 0.36 0.40

ROOF
U CLTD Area (sq. ft) C. Load
0.033 49.5 390 0.64

INFILTRATION
cfm C. Load
Summer 0 0.00

EQUIPMENTS and/or LIGHTINGS


Watts Cooling Load
Total Equivalent Wattage 1200 4.09

SENSIBLE
Total Sensible Load 15.24

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