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For the commercial building located in St. Louis, Missouri and described below. Determine
the sensible and latent cooling load at 4:00pm on July 21 for an inside design temperature
of 75 ºF and 55% RH.
100´
window
door
U = 0.31; principal material C7, table 8-22b, wall type 4, mass evenly distributed
From table 8-21:
𝑅𝑅 = 0.33
� + 0.21
�+⏟ 2 + 0.15
� + 0.69
� = 3.38
𝐴𝐴0 𝐴𝐴1 𝐶𝐶7 𝐸𝐸1 𝐸𝐸0
Roof: 6 inch h.w. concrete, 2.0 inch insulation with suspended ceiling, U≈0.11
U = 0.11
principal material C12, 2” h.w. concrete or thicker; table 8-20, mass outside
insulation with suspended ceiling, roof type 4:
𝑅𝑅 = 0.33
� + 0.05
� + 0.29
� + 0.5
� + 0.0
� + 6.67
� + 1.79
� + 0.69
� = 10.32
𝐴𝐴0 𝐸𝐸2 𝐸𝐸3 𝐶𝐶13 𝐴𝐴3 𝐵𝐵6 𝐸𝐸5 𝐸𝐸0
Solution:
For St. Louis, outdoor deign: 94 ºF db / 75 ºF wb, 21 ºF DR; ∴ 𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 = 83.5℉
Inside design: 75 ºF and 55% RH
[𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶]𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 = 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 + (78 − 75) + (83.5 − 85) = 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 + 1.5℉
Infiltration:
1 4000∗10
Sensible: 𝑞𝑞𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖,𝑠𝑠 = 2 ∗ ���
��� � ∗ 1.08 ∗ (94 − 75) =
60 ��
���
6840 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵
𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
1 4000∗10
Latent: 𝑞𝑞𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖,𝑙𝑙 = 2 ∗ � 60
��� ∗ (𝑊𝑊𝑜𝑜 − 𝑊𝑊𝑖𝑖 ) =
� ∗ 4840 ���
6970 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵
𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
Total Load:
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆: 55,317
����� + 39,301
����� + 21,082
����� + 6,840
��� + 7,803
��� = 130,343 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵
𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙ℎ𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝
𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿: 6,970
��� + 5,425
��� = 12,395 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵
𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝
130,343 + 12,395
𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶: = 11.895 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 (42 kW)
12000