Assessment of a modified method for determining the cooling load of residential buildings

A. Fouda and Z. Melikyan

Energy, 2010, vol. 35, issue 12, 4726-4730

Abstract: Cooling load calculations are essential in sizing air conditioning system equipment. In designing energy, efficient and renewable energy sourced cooling systems for buildings, it is important to have the exact values of cooling loads and seasonal cooling demands of buildings. In this paper new assessment method for more precise determining of cooling loads and seasonal cooling demands of residential buildings are developed, which are necessary for right solutions of cooling efficiency problems. Comparing to the method of ASHRAE, example and other methods it provides more correct results. Application of suggested method provides better accuracy in assessment of cooling loads especially for seasonal aspects, as they take into account the impact of more factors.

Keywords: Air conditioning system; Cooling loads; Seasonal cooling demands; Intensity of solar radiation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.09.022

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