PERFORMANCE

AND EFFICIENCY
TEST OF AN
AIRCONDITIONING
PLANT
 INTRODUCTION
AIR CONDITIONING IS THE PROCESS OF
TREATING AIR SO AS TO CONTROL
SIMULTANEOUSLY ITS TEMPERATURE,
HUMIDITY, CLEANLINESS AND DISTRIBUTION
TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
CONDITIONED SPACE. AIR CONDITIONING IS
THE PROCESS WHEREBY THE CONDITION OF
AIR, AS DEFINED BY ITS TEMPERATURE AND
MOISTURE CONTENT, IS CHANGED.
 EVAPORATOR
 COMPRESSOR
 CONDENSER
 EXPANSION VALVE
 BLOWER
 REFRIGERANTS
 COIL
 PROPERTIES OF AIR
PSYCHROMETRICS IS THE SCIENCE
OF STUDYING THE
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF
MOIST AIR. THE AMOUNT OF
MOISTURE VAPOUR IN THE AIR
VARIES QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY
UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.
 TEMPERATURE
 PRESSURE
 HUMIDITY RATIO
 RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 SPECIFIC VOLUME
 DENSITY
 ENTHALPY
 SENSIBLE HEAT LOAD (QS), “Qs= Ms Cp
(t2-t1)”
 LATENT HEAT LOAD, QL.
 TOTAL HEAD LOAD (Qt), Qt=Qs+Ql
 SENSIBLE HEAT RATIO OR SENSIBLE HEAT
FACTOR (SHR), “SHR=Qs/Qs-Qr
 MASS FLOW RATE OF RECIRCULATED AIR (Mr),
“Mr=Mo-Ms”
 VENTILATION LOAD (Qv), “Qv=Mo(h3-h1)”
 PERFORMANCE OF AIR CONDITIONING
SYSTEMS, INCLUDING HEAT PUMPS AND
CHILLERS DESCRIBES THE EFFICIENCIES OF
SYSTEMS SO YOU CAN ESTIMATE HOW MUCH
ENERGY A SYSTEM MAY USE. THE DISCUSSION
APPLIES EQUALLY TO RESIDENTIAL,
COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS.
 THE COP IS A MEASURE OF THE AMOUNT OF
POWER INPUT TO A SYSTEM COMPARED TO
THE AMOUNT OF POWER OUTPUT BY THAT
SYSTEM. IT IS ALSO AN INSTANTANEOUS
MEASUREMENT IN THAT THE UNITS ARE
POWER WHICH CAN BE MEASURED AT ONE
POINT IN TIME.
 THE COP IS THEREFORE A MEASUREMENT OF
EFFICIENCY; THE HIGHER THE NUMBER, THE
MORE EFFICIENT THE SYSTEM IS. THE COP IS
DIMENSIONLESS BECAUSE THE INPUT POWER
AND OUTPUT POWER ARE MEASURED IN
WATT.