MEP SITE: Air conditioning Systems

Monday 4 April 2016

Air conditioning Systems

Selection criteria for air conditioning systems:

Selection of a suitable air conditioning system depends on:

1. Capacity, performance and spatial requirements

2. Initial and running costs

3. Required system reliability and flexibility

4. Maintainability

5. Architectural constraints Q plant Thermal Distribution System

The relative importance of the above factors varies from building owner to owner and may vary from project to project.

The typical space requirement for large air conditioning systems may vary from about 4 percent to about 9 percent of the gross building area, depending upon the type of the system.

Normally based on the selection criteria, the choice is narrowed down to 2 to 3 systems, out of which one will be selected finally.
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Classification of air conditioning systems:

Based on the fluid media used in the thermal distribution system, air conditioning systems can be classified as:

1. All air systems

2. All water systems

3. Air- water systems

4. Unitary refrigerant based systems.

All air systems:

As the name implies, in an all air system air is used as the media that transports energy from the conditioned space to the A/C plant. In these systems air is processed in the A/C plant and this processed air is then conveyed to the conditioned space through insulated ducts using blowers and fans. This air extracts (or supplies in case of winter) the required amount of sensible and latent heat from the conditioned space. The return air from the conditioned space is conveyed back to the plant, where it again undergoes the required processing thus completing the cycle. No additional processing of air is required in the conditioned space. All air systems can be further classified into:

1. Single duct systems, or

2. Dual duct systems

The single duct systems can provide either cooling or heating using the same duct, but not both heating and cooling simultaneously. These systems can be further classified into:

1. Constant volume, single zone systems

2. Constant volume, multiple zone systems

3. Variable volume systems

4 The dual duct systems can provide both cooling and heating simultaneously.
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These systems can be further classified into:

1. Dual duct, constant volume systems

2. Dual duct variable volume systems

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