Cooling Load Calculations

(Solar)

• 𝑞𝑐,𝑧𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡 = σ𝑁
1 q 𝑤 (𝑡) + 𝑞𝑠𝑜𝑙 𝑡 +
𝑞𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑡 +𝑞𝑖𝑛𝑓 𝑡
𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠,𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒,𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡
Cooling Load Due to Solar Gains through Glass

instantaneous solar gains

light construction-zone type A
qsol heavy construction-zone type D
conduction qcooling
UA(CLTD)cor

Enclosure
walls

floor
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Solar heat gains entering the

The lag effects or thermal inertia effects
room are first absorbed by the
are greater for buildings with massive walls
enclosure surface, and later
than light (wood frame walls).
released to room air.
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Cooling Load Due to Solar Gains through Glass:
𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝. 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝.
𝑞𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔,𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑡 = 𝐴 ∙ 𝑆𝐶 ∙ ( 𝑆𝐶𝐿(𝑡) + 𝑈 ∙ 𝐴 ∙ (𝐶𝐿𝑇𝐷 )𝑐𝑜𝑟
൰
𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟

• Zone Type
For the given building, determine the zone type classification, such as
• - Type A
• - Type B
• - Type C
• - or Type D
from the appropriate Tables 8-25a to 8-25e.
• SCL factor
With the zone type thus established, read the SCL factor from Table 8-24
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 Question:
Given data:
• Consider a 4*5 ft single glass south facing window no thermal
break
• window has light colored venetian blinds
Cooling • outdoor max temp. = 106 F
DR = 30 F

Load for • indoor temp = 75 F

• Assume:

Windows: • the room is carpeted

• has 2 exposed walls (exterior facing walls)
• partitions are concrete block
• single story building
Determine the cooling load at 10am and 5pm for N36 latitude (std.
location) for July.

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Solution:
Cooling load from the window = due to conduction + due to solar heat gain

Step 1: cooling load due to conduction

U value for = 1.23 Btu/hr ft2 F; single glass, no thermal
𝑞𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 𝑈 ∙ 𝐴 ∙ (𝐶𝐿𝑇𝐷 )𝑐𝑜𝑟 breaks (Table 5.8a)

𝐶𝐿𝑇𝐷10,𝑐𝑜𝑟 = 𝐶𝐿𝑇𝐷10 + 78 − 𝑇𝑖 + 𝑡𝑜𝑚 − 85

Table 8-23

𝐶𝐿𝑇𝐷10,𝑐𝑜𝑟 = 4 + 78 − 75 + 91 − 85 = 13 ℉
𝐷𝑅 30
𝑡𝑜𝑚 = 𝑡𝑜 − = 106 − = 91℉
2 2

𝐶𝐿𝑇𝐷17,𝑐𝑜𝑟 = 13 + 78 − 75 + 91 − 85 = 22 ℉
𝑞𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑,𝑤𝑖𝑛 ,10 = 𝑈 ∙ 𝐴 ∙ (𝐶𝐿𝑇𝐷 )10,𝑐𝑜𝑟 = 1.23 ∗ 20 ∗ 13 = 319.8 𝐵𝐻
𝑞𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑,𝑤𝑖𝑛 ,17 = 𝑈 ∙ 𝐴 ∙ (𝐶𝐿𝑇𝐷 )17,𝑐𝑜𝑟 = 1.23 ∗ 20 ∗ 22 = 541.2 𝐵𝐻
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Step 2: cooling load due to solar heat gain
𝑞𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 = 𝐴 ∙ 𝑆𝐶 ∙ 𝑆𝐶𝐿(𝑡)

area shading coefficient solar cooling load factor

Window has light colored venetian blinds

SC = 0.58 from Table 6-4 (clear glass, closed blinds)
SCL is a function of Zone Type which depends on

- room exposed walls

- carpet
- partition type etc.

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From table 8-24, for Zone Type B
read SCL for south facing window at
10am and 5pm.

𝑞𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟,10 = 𝐴 ∙ 𝑆𝐶 ∙ 𝑆𝐶𝐿 10 = 20 ∗ 0.58 ∗ 47

= 545.2 𝐵𝐻
𝑞𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟,17 = 𝐴 ∙ 𝑆𝐶 ∙ 𝑆𝐶𝐿 17 = 20 ∗ 0.58 ∗ 33 = 382.8 𝐵𝐻

Step 3: total cooling load due to heat gains through window

𝑞ሶ 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑤,10 = 319.8 + 545.2 = 865 𝐵𝐻
𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑.𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝.

𝑞ሶ 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑤,17 = 541.2 + 382.8 = 924 𝐵𝐻

𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑.𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝.
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