HVAC DESIGN BASIS REPORT

Table of Contents Page

1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 3

2. ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................ 3

3. UNITS .............................................................................................................................. 4

4. CODES AND STANDARDS ...................................................................................... 5

5. OWNERS PROJECT REQUIRMENT ........................................................................ 5

5.1 HVAC Requirements ....................................................................................... 6
5.2 Occupancy & Internal Load Requirements................................................... 6
5.3 Indoor Air Quality – Ventilation Criteria...................................................... 6
5.4 Life Safety Requirements................................................................................. 6
5.5 Energy Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability Goals ...................... 7
5.6 Accessibility, Maintainability and Aesthetic Requirements....................... 7

6. HVAC SYSTEM DESIGN............................................................................................ 7

6.1 Orientation Parameters.................................................................................... 8
6.2 Outdoor Design Condition ............................................................................. 8
6.3 Indoor Design Condition................................................................................. 8
6.4 Heat Load Calculation ..................................................................................... 9

7. AIR-CONDITIONING PROPOSAL ......................................................................... 9

8. HVAC ELECTRICAL POWER REQUIREMENT .................................................. 10

9. CAPEX ........................................................................................................................... 10

10. ANNEXURE-1 HEAT LOAD CALCULATION ..................................................... 10

1. INTRODUCTION

The “HVAC Design Basis Report” is the document that explains the project details,

Clients project requirement, the assumptions made by Designer for design purposes

and the reasoning behind these assumptions. The HVAC Design Basis Report includes

the following:

• Owner project requirements, given by Clients and assumed Owner project

requirement.

• Specific codes, standards, and guidelines considered during design of the

facility and designer interpretations of such requirements.

• Information regarding ambient conditions (climatic, geologic, structural,

existing construction) used during design.

• Details about desired indoor conditions (temperature, humidity, Indoor air

quality criteria, noise criteria).

• Equipment operation time schedule.

• Assumption of internal heat load factors (No of people, lighting load, electrical

equipment’s if any etc.)

• Heat load summary.

• Design parameters for equipment selection & air distribution network.

• Brief descriptions on proposed HVAC systems & equipment configurations

details.

The assumptions spelt out in this “HVAC Concept Design notes” shall be reviewed

and approved by clients.

2. ABBREVIATIONS

Unless and otherwise specified the abbreviations mentioned in this report shall mean
as under.

A/C Air-conditioning
 AHU Air Handling Unit

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-

conditioning Engineers

CAPEX Capital Expenditure

DBR Design Basis Report

DX Direct Expansion

FM AHU Floor Mounted Air Handling Unit

GI Galvanized Iron

HVAC Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

HWS Hi-Wall Split

IS Indian Standards

ISHRAE Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-

conditioning Engineers

NBC National Building Code of India

RH Relative Humidity

TR Ton of Refrigeration

3. UNITS

Category Unit Description

m Metre
Distance
mm Millimetre

Area sq.ft Square Feet

Volumetric flow rate cfm Cubic feet per minute

°C Degree Celsius
Temperature
°F Degree Fahrenheit
 Relative Humidity % Percentage

Electrical Power kW Kilo Watt

4. CODES AND STANDARDS

Air-conditioning & Ventilation system shall be designed, manufactured, tested,

Installed and commissioned in compliance with the following standards and practice.

• Bureau of Indian Standards

AIRCONDITIONING EQUIPMENTS
IS 659 Safety code for air conditioning
IS 660 Safety code for mechanical refrigeration
Data for Outside Design Conditions for Air Conditioning
IS 7896
for Indian Cities

PIPE & FITTINGS

Wrought Copper Tubes for Refrigeration and Air-
IS 10773
Conditioning Purposes Specification

SHEET METAL WORKS

Galvanized Steel Sheets (Plain and Corrugated) -
IS 277
Specification
IS 655 Specification for Metal Air Ducts

• ISHRAE HVAC Hand book - 2017

• National Building Code of India – 2016

• Ventilation for acceptable Indoor Air Quality: ASHRAE 62.1 - 2016

5. OWNERS PROJECT REQUIRMENT

In this section, the owner’s project (HVAC) requirement is described. Important points

from Client’s/ Architect’s design guidelines and deviations are captured here for re-

confirmation. In absence of a design guideline, HVAC designers’ own assumptions

based on standard industry practices are provided for Clients review & approval.
5.1 HVAC Requirements

As per the input from Architect, this Auditorium shall be used for multipurpose. Our

Scope in the proposed Project is to provide Air-conditioning and Ventilation for the

Auditorium area.

5.2 Occupancy & Internal Load Requirements

The Occupant dissipates considerable amount of heat due to respiration and

metabolism. Human body’s perspiration also adds moisture which is adding latent heat

to the area. Hence the number of people occupies a room plays a considerable role in

deciding the air-conditioning load. Also, the general / task / focus lighting of the areas

add heat to the indoor which shall also be accounted in calculation of ventilation and

air-conditioned load. The electrical equipment’s inside the air-conditioned areas also

dissipate heat and the same shall be accounted for calculating the ventilation & air-

conditioning load.

5.3 Indoor Air Quality – Ventilation Criteria

The purpose of this section is to specify minimum ventilation rates and indoor air

quality that will be acceptable to human occupants and are intended to minimize the

potential for adverse health effects.

The fresh air ventilation shall be as per ASHRAE 62.1-2016 standard.

5.4 Life Safety Requirements

• Necessary earth leakage protection for personnel & equipment protection, fault level

discrimination for breakers to protect the system under short circuits, over load,

over/under voltage protections shall be provided for the electrical equipments.

• The electrical panels for HVAC Equipments shall be provided with suitable relays to

stop the operation, in case of receiving fire signal.

• The electrical circuit breakers inside electrical panels for HVAC airside equipment’s

shall be provided with suitable relays to stop the operation, in case of receiving fire

signal. Client shall provide Fire alarm control module near each electrical panel for

HVAC airside equipment.

5.5 Energy Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability Goals

• All HVAC equipment’s’ energy performance shall confirm to ASHRAE 90.1

• The refrigerant used in A/C units shall be non-ozone depleting refrigerants as

recommended by the Montreal Protocol.

5.6 Accessibility, Maintainability and Aesthetic Requirements

• DX type outdoor units (i.e., Condensing Units) will be installed in terrace floor.

Suitable access for service shall be provided.

• Auditorium area Air-conditioning shall be served by Floor mounted AHU.

• Hi-Wall mount Split unit shall be proposed for the Green room. Condensing unit

will be placed at ground floor level.

• Fresh air to Auditorium shall be provided through Fresh Air Louver at AHU room.

A comfortable, aesthetically pleasing services infrastructure shall be established in

coordination with architectural drawings.

It’s essential to plan the services in aesthetical manner without compromising on the

technicality. Things like maintaining symmetry with the area, with other service

elements, etc., shall be kept in mind.

6. HVAC SYSTEM DESIGN

HVAC system shall be designed according to the requirements of each room and such
that the Temperature & Humidity will be maintained by considering the below design
factors:

• Orientation of the Building.

• Latitude and Longitude of the site location.

• Outside Temperature.

• Size of the Building.

• External heat transferred through Wall, Roof or Ceiling, etc.,

• External heat transferred through glass and windows.

• Purpose of building or room.

 • Storage of material.

• Occupancy level.

• Heat emitted by lighting fixtures.

• Heat emitted by equipment’s such as computers, machineries, etc.,

6.1 Orientation Parameters

• Site Location : Puducherry

• Latitude : 11°94’ North

• Longitude : 79º80’ East

6.2 Outdoor Design Condition

(As per ISHRAE HVAC Handbook - 2017)

Dry Bulb Wet Bulb Relative

Sl.
Season Month Temperature Temperature Humidity
No.
Deg. º C / º F Deg. º C / º F %

a Summer May 39.4 / 103 27.8 / 82 41

b Monsoon November 28.3 / 83 26.7 / 80 88

c Winter January 18.3 / 65 13.9 / 57 60

* Note: Puducherry weather data is unavailable in ISHRAE HVAC Handbook. Hence, we have
considered Chennai Weather data for calculation

6.3 Indoor Design Condition

Indoor, Dry * Relative

Sl.
Space Designation bulb Humidity,
No.
Temperature, °C %

1 Auditorium, Stage & Green Room 23 ± 2 55 ± 5

* Note: There is no control on Relative Humidity. For design purpose 55±5% considered. Even

though the designed RH is 55±5% in conditioned areas, RH level depends on indoor occupancy

and heat dissipation of internal Equipment’s and ambient temperature. The RH may vary from

50 to 60%.
6.4 Heat Load Calculation

Based on the above design inputs Air-conditioning load calculations were worked out.

Heat load calculation summary is as tabulated below.

A/C Fresh Total

Sl. No. of Appliances Total
Description Area air Qty. Dehumidified
No. People (kW) TR
(sq.ft) (cfm) Air Qty. (cfm)

1 Auditorium 4996 520 2 4200 18292 60.8

2 Stage 650 20 0 239 2725 5.9

3 Green Room 274 10 0 66 1084 2.2

Total
5921 550 2 4505 22104 69
Summary
Detailed calculation for each space has been given in “Annexure-1”.

7. AIR-CONDITIONING PROPOSAL

Air-conditioning is considered for the areas as specified in “Annexure-1”.

The selection of specific systems will be based on system performance, operating

efficiency, safety, long-term durability and ease of operation as well as site condition.

The total estimated air conditioning load (Maximum Demand) works out to 69 TR.

It is proposed to provide Floor mounted AHU with DX type condensing units for
Auditorium.

The proposed air conditioning system shall consist of air-cooled outdoor unit (i.e.,
Condensing unit) comprising of multiple scroll compressors for each area. Indoor unit
shall be floor mounted type AHU. These indoor units shall be connected to outdoor
units through copper refrigerant pipes. As per brief, outdoor condensing units shall be
placed in terrace floor level. The supply air shall be transferred through GI ducts, the
return air shall be collected above the false ceiling area and return back to the AHU
room.

All the Supply air ducts (Outside of the duct) are thermally insulated with 9mm thick
Closed Cell Nitrile rubber insulation material.

Supply air duct (Inside the duct) from the AHU discharge of 6m distance shall be
acoustically insulated with Open Cell Nitrile rubber insulation.
 Cooled and Dehumidified air will be supplied from the Ceiling through Square/Round
Diffuser.

The proposed AHU / Indoor A/C unit configuration as per the below schedule:

Cooling
Unit Dehumidified Air Qty.
Sl.No. Serving Area Capacity
Type Qty. (cfm) (Nos.)
(TR)

Auditorium + FM
1 70 21000 1
Stage AHU

2 Green room HWS 1.5 450 2

8. HVAC ELECTRICAL POWER REQUIREMENT

Conventional System
Sl.No. Description Power Requirement
(kW)

1 Air-conditioning 102

9. CAPEX

Conventional System
Sl.No. Description
(Lakh)

Air-
1 44
conditioning

10. ANNEXURE-1 HEAT LOAD CALCULATION