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DT : 28.05.12 TO EXPLAIN THECONCEPT OF EER FOR AIR CONDITIONERS AS PER BEE STANDARD
AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. 11-12/SAC/

1 1. PURPOSE

TO EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF EER FOR AIR CONDITIONERS AS PER BEE STANDARDS AND OTHER INTERANATIONAL STANDARD. 2. HISTORY

IN INDIA, STAR RATING IMPLEMENTED FROM 01.01.2010 ONWARDS, STAR RATING STANDARD FOR ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS ARE DEFINED BY BEE AS PER SCHEDULE -3 A. 3. DESIGN CONSIDERATION POINT

1. AS PER BEE STANDARD, STAR RATING IS DEFINED AS PER TABLE : 2.1 & 2.2 ( Reference : Schedule 3 A , Page : 6, 7) 2. AS PER BEE STANDARD, STAR RATING TABLE BASED ON EER , AS PER STANDARD EER IS DEFINDED AS CAPACITY (WATTS) /POWER ( Watts) ( Refer: Schedule 3A ) ( Refer Attached page 2 /2 for example) 3. AS PER BEE STANDARD, STAR RATING LABLE MENTION EER ONLY ( Refer : Schedule 3A) , 4. ACTUALLY, EER IS THE RATIO OF OUTPUT COOLING ENERGY ( btu) TO ELECTRICAL INPUT ENERGY ( WATT- HOUR). AND MEASURMENT STARTED IN USA TO MEASUER EFFICIENCY OF AIR CONDITIONER IN STEADY STATE. 5.WITH STABLE SYSTEM, ONE CAN MEASURE THE ENERGY USED OVER AN HOUR PERIOD. AND ONE CAN ALSO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF COOLING THE SYSTEM HAS PERFORMED DURING THAT TIME. 6. MANY ERRONEOUSLY CONSIDER THE EER TO BE A RATIO OF POWER , NOT ENERGY. IT IS NOT AN INDICATOR OF EFFICIENCY AT ALL !

7. EER CAN BE USED TO MEASURE POWER CONSUMPTION AT PERTICULAR STEADY CONDITION OF AIR CONDITIONER WITH DEFINED EER SPECIFICATION.

8. AS PER AHRI STANDARD 210/240-2008 , EER MEANS RATIO OF COOLING CAPACITY IN BTU/Hr. TO THE POWER INPUT VALUE IN WATTS AT ANY GIVEN SET OF RATING CONDITIONS EXPRESSED IN BTU/(W-h). 9. AS PER DIFFERENT STANDARDS, NO DIFFERENT UNIT AVAILABLE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY. ( Ref : TABLE : 01) TABLE : 01 ENERGY SI FPS JOULE BTU POWER WATTS WATTS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ------

CONCLUSION : IN INDIA, BEE HAS REGULATING STAR RATING NORMS FOR AIR CONDITIONERS, WHICH DEFINED IN SCHEDULE -3 A, WHICH MENTIONS EER (W/W) FOR STAR RATING OF ROOM AIR CONDITIONER.

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DDF20 Note:Comment shall not contradict the conclusion. Revision : 00

AS PER BEE STANDARD EER OF AC = COOLING CAPACITY ( WATTS) /POWER CONSUMPTION ( WATTS) COOLING CAPACITY - AMOUNT OF COOLING PRODUCED BY THE AC UNIT USED TO MEASURE COOLING : TR, Btu/Hr., Kcal/Hr. , Watts 1 TR = 12,000 Btu/hr = 3024 Kcal/Hr.= 3,514 Watts. POWER CONSUMPTION : ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMED BY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT USED IN AC. UNIT USED TO MEASURE POWER CONSUMPTION : WATTS , KWATTS. EXAMPLE : NEED TO CALCULATE EER OF 1.5TR SPLIT AC WITH POWER CONSUMPTION OF 1550 WATTS Cooling Cap: 1.5TR * 3514 Watts Power Cons.: EER= 5271/1550 = = = 5271 1550 3.40 Watts Watts WATTS

STAR RATING OF AIR CONDITIONER, AS PER TABLE 2.2 IS 5 STAR.