ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
4 th Year MEC. ENG . DEPT.

AIR CONDITIONING
TAKE HOME EXAM.

25 DECEMBER 2012

DUE DAY: Thursday 26-12-2012 Max. 10.0 am

A classroom of dimensions 28.5 m length X 16 m width X 5 m height and

have the following design data:
Summer outside design conditions: 37oC dbt & 25oC wbt
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Winter outside design conditions: 10 C dbt & 9 C wbt
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Inside design conditions: 22 C2 & 50% R.H. 5%
Number of Students: 200
Heat of student: 75 W sensible, 60 W latent
Fresh air required for each student: 8 L/s
Light intensity: 30 units, 4 lamps /unit, and each lamp 60Watt.
The overall heat transfer coefficient (U) for walls: 1.25 W/m2.oC, and
for windows: 3.20 W/m2.oC
Equipment: one data show & one computer: 800 Watt
Neglect ceiling, floor and sun heat gain.
Calculate: The space cooling & heating loads, the amount of supply air in
m3/hr, and the percentage of fresh air

16

M/C
ROOM

RETURN
AIR DUCT

A/C

W1
2.5X2 m

SUPPLY
AIR DUCT

N
W3
2.5X2 m

CLASS ROOM

W4
2.5X2 m

30 C ADJ.COR.

28.5

W2
2.5X2 M

ADJ. AREA
30 C
Figure(2)

Select a suitable summer & winter air conditioning system for the classroom
with proper cooling& dehumidification device, and heating coil , steam
humidifier represent the cycle on the psychometric chart and then calculate
the capacities of the summer cooling equipment

MAKE ALL THE NECESSARY RESOANABLE ASSUMPTION.