[Greenbuilding] Central vs window AC

barbara deane-gillett deaneg at hotmail.com
Fri Jun 8 06:40:26 CDT 2012


occupants ( internal gains) and solar are the big loads, not the shell
ducted systems ( particularly as installed in attics ) have high duct losses and added infiltration losses.
ductless split systems offer htg and clg and no duct losses at cops of 2-4 and seers of 20 at $2000/ton installed
and have remote control clickers and hot spot directional fans. google mitsubishi, fujitsu, 

From: nick at early.com
To: greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org
Subject: Re: Central vs window AC
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 04:56:54 -0400






> NREL says an average year in NYC has 1096 CDDs with a 65 F base... so 
a house with no internal heat gains or solar gain and (say) 400 Btu/h-F of 
thermal conductance needs 24h/dayx1096F/dayx400Btu/h-F = 10.52 million Btu (note 
the units) per year of cooling...

Oops. That should be 
24h/dayx1096F-dayx400Btu/h-F = 10.52 million Btu. A degree-day is a 
temperature-time product.

> or 10.52M/26 = 405 kWh worth $72.84 at 
0.18/kWh with a 26 SEER

http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/musings/window-mounted-air-conditioners-save-energy?utm_source=email&utm_medium=eletter&utm_term=cooling-options&utm_content=20120530-wall-mounted-air-conditioner&utm_campaign=green-building-advisor-eletter says

>For 
typical residential air conditioners, EER equals about 0.875 
SEER.

Comparing apples to apples, the 10 EER window AC would have a 
10/0.875 = 11.4 SEER (maybe more, if the fan doesn't run all the time), so it 
would use 10.52M/11.4 = 923 kWh worth $166.10, with a simple payback of 
($2100-$210)/($166.10-$72.84) = 20.3 years, compared to a $2100 SEER 26 split 
system, without the use of room occupancy sensors.

>How would this 
change for a house with 8 rooms each occupied 2 hours per day, with doors and 
lots of wall insulation between rooms and 30-minute occupancy 
sensors?

With no common walls or time delay, a 10-SEER window system 
would be like an inexpensive 80-SEER central AC system...

> NREL says an average July day is 76.8 F in NYC, with a 68.2 
min and a 0.0123 humidity ratio, which is fairly comfortable. Smart night 
ventilation on comfortable nights can help.

How much, if a small box 
turns off the window AC and opens a 2-watt outdoor damper or runs a $69 2470 90 
watt fan on comfortable nights, using the ASHRAE comfort standard?

http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-Electrically-Reversible-Window-2155A/dp/B00002N5Z9/ref=sr_1_1?s=appliances&ie=UTF8&qid=1339144279&sr=1-1

The box 
might look something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wexdNx_StRc

My 
Quaker friend Thom Styles could build one. Any takers? This could work well in a 
massy brick house or brownstone.

Phila has 1101 CDD, with an average 67.2 
F July min and a 0.0133 humidity ratio...

Nick

50 CLO = 1'clothing 
insulation (clo)
60 MET=1.1'metabolic rate (met)
70 WME=0'external work 
(met)
80 TA=19.6'air temp (C)
90 TR=19.6'mean radiant temp (C)
100 
VEL=.1'air velocity
120 RH=86'relative humidity (%)
130 PA=0'water vapor 
pressure
140 DEF FNPS(T)=EXP(16.6536-4030.183/(TA+235))'sat vapor pressure, 
kPa
150 IF PA=0 THEN PA=RH*10*FNPS(TA)'water vapor pressure, Pa
160 
ICL=.155*CLO'clothing resistance (m^2K/W)
170 M=MET*58.15'metabolic rate 
(W/m^2)
180 W=WME*58.15'external work in (W/m^2)
190 MW=M-W'internal heat 
production
200 IF ICL<.078 THEN FCL=1+1.29*ICL ELSE 
FCL=1.05+.645*ICL'clothing factor
210 HCF=12.1*SQR(VEL)'forced convection 
conductance
220 TAA=TA+273'air temp (K)
230 TRA=TR+273'mean radiant temp 
(K)
250 TCLA=TAA+(35.5-TA)/(3.5*(6.45*ICL+.1))'est clothing temp
260 
P1=ICL*FCL:P2=P1*3.96:P3=P1*100:P4=P1*TAA'intermediate values
300 
P5=308.7-.028*MW+P2*(TRA/100)^4
310 XN=TCLA/100
320 XF=XN
330 
N=0'number of iterations
340 EPS=.00015'stop iteration when met
350 
XF=(XF+XN)/2'natural convection conductance
360 
HCN=2.38*ABS(100*XF-TAA)^.25
370 IF HCF>HCN THEN HC=HCF ELSE HC=HCN
380 
XN=(P5+P4*HC-P2*XF^4)/(100+P3*HC)
390 N=N+1
400 IF N>150 GOTO 
550
410 IF ABS(XN-XF)>EPS GOTO 350
420 TCL=100*XN-273'clothing surface 
temp (C)
440 HL1=.00305*(5733-6.99*MW-PA)'heat loss diff through skin
450 
IF MW>58.15 THEN HL2=.42*(MW-58.15) ELSE HL2=0'heat loss by sweating
460 
HL3=.000017*M*(5867-PA)'latent respiration heat loss
470 
HL4=.0014*M*(34-TA)'dry respiration heat loss
480 
HL5=3.96*FCL*(XN^4-(TRA/100)^4)'heat loss by radiation
490 
HL6=FCL*HC*(TCL-TA)'heat loss by convection
510 
TS=.303*EXP(-.036*M)+.028'thermal sensation transfer coefficient
520 
PMV=TS*(MW-HL1-HL2-HL3-HL4-HL5-HL6)'predicted mean vote
530 
PPD=100-95*EXP(-.03353*PMV^4-.2179*PMV^2)'predicted % dissatisfied
540 GOTO 
580
550 PMV=99999!:PPD=100
580 PRINT 
TA,RH,CLO,PMV,PPD

19.6          
86            
1            
-.4778556      
9.769089
23.9          
66            
1             
.4732535      
9.676994
25.7          
15            
1             
.5239881      
10.74283
21.2          
20            
1            
-.4779105      
9.770202
23.6          
67            
.5           
-.4747404      
9.706658
26.8          
56            
.5            
.5145492      
10.53611
27.9          
13            
.5            
.5003051      
10.23146
24.7          
16            
.5           
-.4883473      9.982468

Innova AirTech 
Instruments has an excellent comfort web site... 		 	   		  
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