scholarly journals Analysis of historical residential air-conditioning equipment sizing using monitored data

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.G. Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Equipment Sizing ◽  
Conditioning Equipment ◽  
Residential Air Conditioning

Impacts of Air Conditioning Equipment Sizing on Energy Performance of US Office Buildings

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Franklin Chiu ◽  
Moncef Krarti
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Peak Demand ◽  
Capital Costs ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ac Systems ◽  
Equipment Sizing ◽  
Conditioning Equipment

Abstract The paper summarizes the results of a systematic and comprehensive analysis to investigate the impacts of inadequate sizing air conditioning (AC) systems on the overall energy consumption of medium and large office buildings located in representative US cities. The effects of proper sizing on the overall and disaggregated AC systems are evaluated in terms of energy consumption, peak demand, equipment run-time, and indoor thermal comfort. The presented analysis covers the performance a wide range of AC equipment components that serve US office buildings including packaged rooftop units as well as central cooling plants. The analysis results indicate that oversizing penalties can be significant on the annual energy consumption and electrical peak demand as well as capital costs for both medium and large office buildings. In particular, the reliance on simplified calculation methods and rules-of-thumb to determine equipment capacities can lead to significantly oversizing AC systems for office buildings in the vast majority of US climates and can result in increases of annual energy consumption and electrical peak demand of up to 29%. Moreover, oversizing increases capital costs required for air conditioning office buildings and extends cycling periods and associated structural stresses and failures of AC equipment.

Study on acoustic and flow-induced noise characteristics of L-shaped duct with a shallow cavity

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-225
Author(s):  
Masaaki Mori ◽  
Kunihiko Ishihara
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Sound Field ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
Inflow Velocity ◽  
Aerodynamic Sound ◽  
Noise Characteristics ◽  
Flow Induced Noise ◽  
Shallow Cavity ◽  
Conditioning Equipment

An aerodynamic sound generated by a flow inside a duct is one of the noise pro- blems. Flows in ducts with uneven surfaces such as grooves or cavities can be seen in various industrial devices and industrial products such as air-conditioning equipment in various plants or piping products. In this article, we have performed experiments and simulations to clarify acoustic and flow-induced sound characteris- tics of L-shaped duct with a shallow cavity installed. The experiments and simula- tions were performed under several inflow velocity conditions. The results show that the characteristics of the flow-induced sound in the duct are strongly affected by the acoustic characteristics of the duct interior sound field and the location of the shallow cavity. Especially, it was found that the acoustic characteristics were af- fected by the location of the shallow cavity in the frequency range between 1000 Hz and 1700 Hz.

Allergies to molds caused by fungal spores in air conditioning equipment

1989 ◽  
Vol 15 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 177-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Schata ◽  
Wolfgang Jorde ◽  
J.H. Elixmann ◽  
H.F. Linskens
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Fungal Spores ◽  
Conditioning Equipment

scholarly journals Household accessibility to heat refuges: Residential air conditioning, public cooled space, and walkability

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 1036-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M Fraser ◽  
Mikhail V Chester ◽  
David Eisenman ◽  
David M Hondula ◽  
Stephanie S Pincetl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Heat Exposure ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Residential Air Conditioning ◽  
Walking Speeds

Access to air conditioned space is critical for protecting urban populations from the adverse effects of heat exposure. Yet there remains fairly limited knowledge of the penetration of private (home air conditioning) and distribution of public (cooling centers and commercial space) cooled space across cities. Furthermore, the deployment of government-sponsored cooling centers is likely to be inadequately informed with respect to the location of existing cooling resources (residential air conditioning and air conditioned public space), raising questions of the equitability of access to heat refuges. We explore the distribution of private and public cooling resources and access inequities at the household level in two major US urban areas: Los Angeles County, California and Maricopa County, Arizona (whose county seat is Phoenix). We evaluate the presence of in-home air conditioning and develop a walking-based accessibility measure to air conditioned public space using a combined cumulative opportunities-gravity approach. We find significant variations in the distribution of residential air conditioning across both regions which are largely attributable to building age and inter/intra-regional climate differences. There are also regional disparities in walkable access to public cooled space. At average walking speeds, we find that official cooling centers are only accessible to a small fraction of households (3% in Los Angeles, 2% in Maricopa) while a significantly higher number of households (80% in Los Angeles, 39% in Maricopa) have access to at least one other type of public cooling resource such as a library or commercial establishment. Aggregated to a neighborhood level, we find that there are areas within each region where access to cooled space (either public or private) is limited which may increase heat-related health risks.

Air conditioning equipment using dc power supply system

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuto Yukita ◽  
Tadashi Hosoe ◽  
Shunsuke Horie ◽  
Toshiro Matsumura ◽  
Masayoshi Hamanaka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Power Supply System ◽  
Supply System ◽  
Dc Power ◽  
Dc Power Supply ◽  
Conditioning Equipment
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