MAPÚA UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING

ME150-2

Air Conditioning and Ventilation Systems

QUIZ 4

12 Defeo, Rondell James C. Date Submitted: January 17, 2024

ME150-2/C1

2019135731

Engr. Renato Afurong

INSTRUCTOR
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ................................................................................................1

SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF AIR DUCTS (LENGTH OF DUCT & CFM PER BRANCH)......2

SELECTION OF DUCT VELOCITY AND INITIAL COMPUTATION .......................................4

TABULATION OF AIR DUCT DESIGN SIZES ............................................................................5

LONGEST RUN ..............................................................................................................................7

TOTAL EXTERNAL STATIC PRESSURE ....................................................................................8

DIFFUSER VELOCITY SELECTION & INITIAL COMPUTATION OF DIFFUSER SIZES ....9

TABULATION OF QUANTITY OF DIFFUSER SIZES, VELOCITY, CFM, ETC. .....................9

SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF AIR DUCTS (DIMENSIONS OF DUCTS & DIFFUSER) ........10

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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Supply air duct design using equal friction method:
1. Schematic diagram (initial) air ducts showing length of Duct & CFM per branch.
2. Selection of duct velocity and initial computation
3. Tabulation of air duct design; sections, cfm, duct area, duct sizes, etc.
4. Longest Run; tabulation & figure (section, length of duct, elbows, etc.)
5. Total external static pressure/losses in feet
6. Diffuser velocity selection and initial computation of diffuser sizes
7. Tabulation of quantity of diffuser sizes, velocity, cfm, etc.
8. Schematic diagram (final) air ducts showing dimensions of ducts & diffuser (with
rating).

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1. SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM (INITIAL) AIR DUCTS SHOWING LENGTH OF DUCT
AND CFM PER BRANCH.

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2. SELECTION OF DUCT VELOCITY AND INITIAL COMPUTATION

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝐹𝑀 = 𝟖𝟒𝟖𝟎 𝒄𝒇𝒎, 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑇𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 7: 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒑𝒎
8480 𝑐𝑓𝑚
𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = = 𝟒. 𝟐𝟒 𝒔𝒒 𝒇𝒕
2000 𝑓𝑝𝑚

𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑇𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 6: 𝐷𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑆𝑖𝑧𝑒 = 𝟐𝟔 × 𝟐𝟔 𝒊𝒏. , 𝐼𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 𝟐𝟖. 𝟒 𝒊𝒏

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3. TABULATION OF AIR DUCT DESIGN; SECTIONS, CFM, DUCT AREA, DUCT
SIZES, ETC.
Air CFM
Duct Area Area Duct Size
Duct Section Quantity Capacity
(%) (sq ft.) (in.)
(cfm) (%)
To A 8480 100 100 4.24 26 x 26
A to C 5300 63 70 2.97 22 x 22
C to D 4240 50 58 2.46 20 x 20
D to 7 2120 25 32.5 1.38 16 x 14
7 to 8 1590 19 26 1.10 14 x 12
8 to 9 1060 13 19.5 0.83 12 x 12
9 to 10 530 6 10.5 0.45 10 x 8

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Table 13:

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4. LONGEST RUN; TABULATION & FIGURE (SECTION, LENGTH OF DUCT,
ELBOWS, ETC.)
Duct Section Item Length (ft)
To A Duct 20
Duct 7
A to C
Elbow 12
Duct 12
C to D
Elbow 11
Duct 12
D to 7 Elbow 9
Duct 8
7 to 8 Duct 12
8 to 9 Duct 12
9 to 10 Duct 12
Total 127

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 5. TOTAL EXTERNAL STATIC PRESSURE/LOSSES IN FEET
From Chart 7:

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 (𝑇𝐸𝑆𝑃)

𝑇𝐸𝑆𝑃 = (𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ × 𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒) + 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒
0.162 𝑖𝑛. 𝑊𝐺
𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 = 0.10 𝑖𝑛. 𝑊𝐺, 𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 =
100 𝑓𝑡
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ = 127 𝑓𝑡.
0.162 𝑖𝑛. 𝑊𝐺
𝑇𝐸𝑆𝑃 = (127 𝑓𝑡.× ) + 0.10 𝑖𝑛. 𝑊𝐺
100 𝑓𝑡
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟎𝟔 𝒊𝒏. 𝑾𝑮

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 6. DIFFUSER VELOCITY SELECTION AND INITIAL COMPUTATION OF
DIFFUSER SIZES

𝑇𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑉𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑉 = 1250 𝐹𝑃𝑀

144 𝑠𝑞 𝑖𝑛.
𝐶𝐹𝑀 530 𝐶𝐹𝑀 × 1 𝑠𝑞 𝑓𝑡.
𝐷×𝐷 = = = 122.11 𝑠𝑞 𝑖𝑛.
0.5𝑉 0.5 × 1250 𝐹𝑃𝑀
𝐷 × 𝐷 = √122.11 𝑠𝑞 𝑖𝑛. ≈ 12 𝑖𝑛.
𝐷 × 𝐷 = 𝟏𝟐 × 𝟏𝟐 𝒊𝒏.
7. TABULATION OF QUANTITY OF DIFFUSER SIZES, VELOCITY, CFM, ETC.
Total
No. of Volume Velocity Sizes of
Room Diffuser No. Room
Diffusers CFM/Diffusers in FPM Diffusers
CFM
SW200,
SW201,
SW202, 1 to 16 8480 16 530 1250 12” x 12”
Student
Cons. Room

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8. SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM (FINAL) AIR DUCTS SHOWING DIMENSIONS OF
DUCTS & DIFFUSER (WITH RATING).

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