Electrics Energy Saving Consumption for Energy Efficiency of Air Conditioning Systems Henry Nasution 1, Mat Nawi Wan

Hassan 2 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, MALAYSIA Contact Person : 1 Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering Bung Hatta University Padang, 25143, INDONESIA Phone : +6275154257, Fax : +6275151341, E-mail : henrynasution@yahoo.com 2 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Skudai, Johor Bahru Darul Tazim, 81300, MALAYSIA Phone : +6075534755, Fax : +6075566159, E-mail : nawi@fkm.utm.my

Abstract Energy conservation, which started as an action to reduce demand for energy in an individual country, has now become a subject of regional and even worldwide discussion. One sector where the energy conservation is rising steadily in the air conditioner system. Air conditioner system for buildings are a major consumer of electrical energy. The electric power consumption of a compressor accounts for about 90 % of the total electric power consumption of an air conditioner. The investigation used central air conditioning model with capacity 3 kW, nominal speed of motor 1450 rotation per minute, room of temperature setting is 22 o C, variable speed motor which are 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 Hz respectively. The result of an experimental in comparison with the proportional control system and this research of conducted during 3 hours. Research indicated that, electric energy saving consumption equal to 20,77 % at motor frequency 40 Hz, and 22,54 % by using proportional control systems. Keywords : Energy saving, air conditioning, variable speed, proportional control.