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QUESTION BANK
Subject with Code: Air Conditioning System Design (18ME3114) Regulation: R18
Course & Branch: M. Tech(TE) & ME Year & Sem: I-M Tech & I Sem
UNIT 1
AIR CONDITIONING
1. Write the various psychometric processes? Explain any four processes with neat
sketches?

2. Explain the construction of psychometric chart?

3. (a) Write about the factors affecting optimum effective temperature?

(b) Sketch comfort chart and show on it the comfort zone?

4. (a) What is meant by psychometric? Explain the psychometric properties?

(b) Define
i) Wet-bulb temperature and Dew – point temperature.
ii) Degree of saturation and Relative humidity.
iii) Dew point depression.

5. Explain the thermodynamics of human body.

6. The atmospheric air at 250C DBT and 120C wet bulb temperature is flowing at the rate of
100m3/min through the duct. The dry saturated steam at 1000C is injected into the air
stream at the rate of 72kg per hour. Calculate the specific humidity and enthalpy of
leaving air. Also determine the dry bulb temperature, wet bulb temperature and relative
humidity of leaving air?

7. (a) Explain the sensible cooling?

(b) 20 cu m of air at 30℃ and 60% RH. I is cooled to 22℃ DBT maintaining its specific
humidity constant.
Find the followings 1. Heat removed from the air
2. RH of the cooled air
3. Wet bulb temperature of the cooled air
Assume the air pressure 1.033 bar.

8. (a) What is effective temperature? What factors affect effective temperature?

(b) For a sample of air having 220C DBT, relative humidity 30% at barometric pressure
of 760mm Hg.
Calculate 1. Vapour pressure, 2. Humidity ratio 3. Vapour density, and 4. Enthalpy
using theoretical formulas.
9. 100 cu m of air per minute at 30℃ DBT and 60% RH is cooled by passing through
cooling coil until its temperature becomes 20℃ DBT. Find the followings:
1. Capacity of cooling coil in tons of refrigeration
2. RH of the cooled air
3. Wet bulb temperature of the cooled air.
Assume air pressure is 1 bar.

10. Explain the requirements of comfort air conditioning?

UNIT II
COOLING LOAD ESTIMATION

1. Discuss briefly the different types of heat loads which have to be taken into account
while designing air conditioning system?

2. (a) Explain fresh air load with its formula.

(b) Define
1. Duct heat gain 2.Fan load

3. Explain briefly occupant load.

4. (a) Define the

1. Latent heat 2. Sensible heat 3. Sensible heat factor
(b) The amount of air supplied to an air conditioned hall is 300 m3/min. The atmospheric
conditions are 35℃ DBT and 55% RH. The required conditions are 20℃ DBT and
60% RH.
Find out the sensible heat and latent heat removed from the air per minute. Also
find sensible heat factor for the system.

5. (a) Explain summer air conditioning system with neat sketch.

(b) Explain winter air conditioning system with neat sketch.

6. An air conditioning plant is to be designed for a small office for winter conditions with
the following data:
Outdoor conditions = 10℃ DBT and 8℃ WBT
Required indoor conditions = 20℃ DBT and 60% RH
Amount of air circulations = 0.3 m3/min/person
Seating capacity of the office =50 persons
The required condition is achieved first by heating and then by adiabatic humidifying.
Find 1. Heating capacity of the coil in kW and the surface temperature, if the by-pass
factor of the coil is 0.32; and 2.capacity of the humidifier.

7. A small office hall of 25 persons capacity is provided with summer air conditioning
system with the following data
Outdoor conditions = 34℃ DBT and 28℃ WBT
 Required indoor conditions = 24℃ DBT and 50% RH
Volume of the air supplied = 0.4 m3/min/person
Sensible heat load in room =125600 kJ/h
Latent heat load in the room =42000 kJ/h
Find the sensible heat factor of the plant.

8. Explain briefly about equipment load.

9. (a)Explain heat gain due to infiltration.

(b)Air at 10℃ DBT and 90% RH is to be brought to 35℃ DBT and 22.5℃ WBT with the
help of winter air conditioner. If the humidified air comes out of the humidifier at
90% RH, draw the various processes involved on a skeleton psychometric chart and
Find 1. The temperature to which the air should be preheated and
2. the efficiency of the air-washer.

10. (a) Explain year air round conditioning system with the neat sketch.
(b) Explain heat gain due ventilation.

UNIT III
Air conditioning systems

1. (a) Draw the psychometric chart representing the condition for all fresh air used and
recirculated air?
(b) An air conditioned auditorium is to be maintained at 27℃ dry bulb temperature and
60% relative humidity. The ambient condition is 40℃ dry bulb temperature and 30℃
wet bulb temperature. The total sensible heat load is 100000 KJ/h and the total latent
heat load is 40000 KJ/h. 60% of the return air is re circulated and mixed with 40%
of make-up air after the cooling coil. The condition of air leaving the cooling coil is
at 18℃. Determine
1. Room sensible heat factor
2. The condition of air entering the auditorium
3. The amount of make-up air
4. Apparatus dew point

2. (a) i) Define RSHF ii) ADP

(b) A room has a sensible heat gain of 24 kW and a latent heat gain of 5.2 KW and it has
to be maintained at 26℃ DBT and 50% RH. 180m3/min of air is delivered to the
room. Determine the state of supply air.

3. In air conditioning system, the inside and outside conditions are dry bulb temperature
25℃, relative humidity 50% and dry bulb temperature 40℃, wet bulb temperature 27℃
respectively. The room sensible heat factor is 0.85. 50% of the room air is rejected to
atmosphere and an equal quantity of fresh air added before air enters the air conditioning
apparatus. If the fresh air added is 100m3/min, Determine:
a. Room sensible and latent heat load
 b. Sensible and latent heat load due to the fresh air
c. Apparatus dew point
d. Humidity ratio and dry bulb temperature of air entering air conditioning
apparatus
Assume by pass factor as zero, density of air as 1.2 kg/m3 at a total pressure of 1.01325
bar.

4. A conference room for seating 100 persons is to be maintained at 220C DBT and 60%
relative humidity. The outdoor conditions are 400C DBT and 270C WBT. The
various loads in the auditorium are as follows:
Sensible and latent heat loads per person, 80W and 50W respectively: lights and fans,
15000W: sensible heat gain through glass, walls, ceiling, etc., 15000W. The air
infiltration is 20m3/min and fresh air supply is 100m3/min. Two-Third of re circulated
room air and one-third of fresh air are mixed before entering the cooling coil. The
by-pass factor of the coil is 0.1.
Determine Apparatus Dew Point, the Grand Total Heat Load and Effective Room
Sensible Heat Factor.

5. The room sensible and latent heat loads for an air conditioned space are 25kW and 5 kW
respectively. The room condition is 250C DBT and 50% RH. The outdoor condition is
400C DBT and 50% RH. The ventilation requirement is such that on mass flow rate basis
20% of fresh air is introduced and 80% of supply air is re circulated. The by-pass factor
of cooling coil is 0.15. Determine
i) Supply air flow rate ii) Outside air sensible heat iii) Outside air latent heat
iv) Grand total heat v) Effective Room Sensible Heat Factor.

6. The following data relates to the office air conditioning plant having maximum seating
capacity of 25 occupants.
Outside design conditions = 340C DBT, 280C WBT,
Inside design conditions = 240C DBT, 50 % RH
Solar heat gain = 9120 W,
Latent heat gain per occupant = 105 W,
Sensible heat gain per occupant = 90 W,
Lightening load = 2300 W,
Sensible heat load from other sources = 11630 W,
Infiltration load = 14 m3/min.
Assuming 40 % fresh air and 60% of re circulated air passing through the evaporator coil
and the by-pass factor of 0.15. Find the dew point temperature of the coil and capacity
of the plant.

7. (a) Write about recirculated air with reheat coil?

(b) An air-conditioned space is maintained at 260C DBT 50% RH when the outdoor
conditions are 350C DBT and 280C WBT. The space has a sensible heat gain of
17.6kW and the air to the space is supplied at a condition of 80C saturated. Determine
i) The mass and volume flow rate of the air supplied.
ii) Latent heat in the room
 iii) The cooling load of the refrigerator plant is 15% of total mass of air supplied
to the space is fresh air and the remaining air is re circulated

8. An air conditioning hall is to maintained at 27℃ DBT and 21℃ WBT. It has a sensible
heat load of 46.5 KW and latent heat load of 17.5 KW. The air supplied from the
atmosphere at 27℃ WBT is 25 m3/min, directly into the room through ventilation and
infiltration. Outside air to be conditioned is passed through the cooling coil whose
apparatus dew point is 15℃. The quantity of re circulated is 60%. This quantity is
mixed with the conditioned air after the cooling coil.
Determine:
1. Condition of air after the coil and before the re circulated air mixes it
2. Condition of the air entering the hall I.e., after mixing with re circulated air.
3. Mass of the fresh air entering the cooler
4. By pass factor of the cooling coil
5. Refrigerating load of the cooling coil

9. (a) Calculate by pass factor of heating and cooling coils.

(b) A quantity of air having a volume of 300 m3 at 300C dry bulb temperature and 250C
wet bulb temperature is heated to 400C dry bulb temperature. Estimate the amount
of heat added, final relative humidity and wet bulb temperature. The air pressure
is 1.01325bar.

10. (a) Define i) ESHF ii) GSHF

(b)The amount of air supplied to an air conditioned hall is 300 m3/min. The
atmospheric conditions are 350C DBT and 55% RH. The required conditions are 200C
DBT and 60% RH. Find out the sensible heat and latent heat removed from the air per
minute. Also find sensible heat factor for the system.

UNIT IV
Components
1. (a) what are the advantages of steam humidifiers?
(b) Explain the process of humidification by Air- washing method?

2. (a) what is meant by a grill? How to design a grill?

(b) What is meant by a register? What are the factors affecting grill performance?

3. (a) Explain in detail about fan and its types??

(b) Describe the types of blowers based on air flow patterns with sketches?

4. (a) What is dehumidification and the necessity of it? What are the common methods of
dehumidification?
(b) Advantages and disadvantages of dehumidifying

5. Describe briefly absorption and adsorption?

6. (a) what is humidification and the necessity of it? What are the common methods of
humidification?
(b) Advantages and disadvantages of humidifying?

7. (a) Explain dehumidifying equipment? How they work?

(b) Write applications for humidifying and dehumidifying?

8. Explain about Lithium bromide absorption system?

9. Explain about humidification by injecting the steam?

10. Moist air enters a refrigeration coil at 35℃DBT and 55 percent RH at the rate of m3/min
the barometric pressure is 1,013 bar. the air leaves at 27℃. Calculate the tones of
refrigeration required and final RH

UNIT V

1. Explain briefly designs of air conditioning system?

2. (a) Explain about duct design and its recommended velocities ?

(b) Explain about Pressure drop?

3. (a) Explain briefly upward flow system ?

(b) Explain about downward flow system?

4. Briefly explain about Air distribution system?

5. (a) Explain about the static regain method?

(b) Explain about velocity reduction method?

6. (a) Explain source of noise in air conditioning system?

(b) Classify noise control methods and explain any three?

7. An air conditioning system is to be designed for a small restaurant when following data is
available
Heat flow through walls, roofs and floor =22000kj/hr
Solar heat gain through glass =7000kj/hr
Equipment sensible heat gain =10500kj/hr
Equipment latent heat gain =2500 kj/hr
Amount of fresh air supplied =1600 m3/hr
Infiltration load =400 m3/hr
The hall seating capacity =50
Servants serving the meals =5
Outside design conditions =350C DBT and 260C WBT
Inside design conditions =270C DBT and 55% RH
 The temperature of air supplied to the dining hall should not fall below 170C. The fan in
the system is fixed before air conditioning system. The power motor connecting the fan
is10 kw. Find the following
(i) Amount of air delivered to the dining hall in m3/hr
(ii) Percentage of re circulated air
(iii)Refrigeration load on the cooling coil in tons of refrigeration
(iv)Also find ADP of the cooling coil and its bypass factors?

8. (a) General noise level in a factory measured as 10 power -11 watts per cm2.
(i) Calculate the level in db.
(ii) If a new machine is installed and resulting sound level is 55db,what would be
its level at the same distance from the machine in a quiet background.
(b) A fan which has a noise level of 43 db is operating in a room having originally a noise
level of 35 db. Find the combined noise level in the room

9. A duct distribution system supplying air to a house is shown in fig .quantities supplied
per min, at different points are also shown, the lengths given in the fig include the proper
allowance for various bends and other losses, Use equal pressure drop method along the
main line only and pressure drops from the junction point to the forward supply points
are same.

10. An air conditioning system is to be designed for a restaurant when following data is
available
Solar heat gain through walls, roofs and floor =5.87 kj/hr
Solar heat gain through glass =5.52 kj/hr
Outside design conditions =400C DBT and 280C WBT
Inside design conditions =250C DBT and 50% RH
Occupants =25
Sensible heat gain from other sources =11.63 kJ/hr
Infiltrated air =15 m3/min
Sensible heat gain per person =58W
Latent heat gain per person =58W
Internal lighting load =15 lamps of 100 W
If 25% fresh air and 75% re circulated air is mixed and placed through the conditioner
coil
Find:
(a) The amount of total air required in m3/hr
(b) The DPT of the coil
(c) The condition of supply air to the room and
(d) The capacity of the conditioning plant
Assume the bypass factor equal to 0.2 and draw the schematic diagram of the
system