Cooling and Dehumidification - High Latent Load Application

Cooling and Dehumidification – High Latent Load Application
If the supply air quantity is not fixed, the best approach to determining the apparatus dew point is
to assume a maximum allowable temperature difference between the supply air and the room.
Then, calculate the supply air conditions to the space. The supply air conditions to the space
must fall on the RSHF line to properly offset the sensible and latent loads in the space.
There are four criteria which should be examined, to aid in establishing the supply air
requirements to the space. These are:
1. Air movement in the space.
2. Maximum temperature difference between the supply air and the room.
3. The selected adp should provide an economical refrigeration machine selection.
4. In some cases, the ventilation air quantity required may result in an all outdoor air application.
Cooling and Dehumidification –Using All Outdoor Air
In some applications it may be necessary to supply all outdoor air; for example, a hospital
operating room, or an area that requires large quantities of ventilation air. For such applications,
the ventilation or code requirements may be equal to, or more than, the air quantity required to
handle the room loads.
Items 1 thru 5 explain the procedure for determining the dehumidified air requirements using the
“Air Conditioning Load Estimate” form when all outdoor air is required.
1. Calculate the various loads and determine the apparatus dew point and dehumidified air
quantity.
2. If the dehumidified air quantity is equal to the outdoor air requirements, the solution is self-
evident.
3. If the dehumidified air quantity is less than the outdoor air requirements, a coil with a larger
bypass factor should be investigated when the difference in air quantities is small. If a large
difference exists, however, reheat is required. This situation sometimes occurs when the
application requires large exhaust air quantities.
4. If the dehumidified air quantity is greater than the outdoor air requirements, substitute cfmda
for cfmoa in the outdoor air load calculations.
5. Use the recalculated outdoor air loads to determine a new apparatus dew points and
dehumidified air quantity. This new dehumidified air quantity should check reasonably close to
the cfmda in Item 1.
A special situation may arise when the condition explained in Item 4 occurs. This happens when
the ESHF, as plotted on the psychometric chart, does not intersect the saturation line. This
situation is handled in a manner similar to that previously described under “Cooling and
Dehumidification –High Latent Load Application.”
Cooling and Dehumidification – High Latent Load Application
On some applications a special situation exists if the ESHF and GSHF lines do not intersect the
saturation line when plotted on the psychometric chart of if they do the adp is absurdly low. This
may occur where the latent load is high with respect to the total loads (dance halls, etc.).
In such applications, an appropriate apparatus dew point is selected and the air is reheated to the
RSHF line. Occasionally, altering the room design conditions eliminates the need for reheat, or
reduces the quantity of reheat required. Similarly, the utilization of a large air side surface (low
bypass factor) coil may eliminate the need for reheat or reduce the required reheat.
Once the ventilation air requirement is determined, and if the supply air quantity is not fixed, the
best approach to determining the apparatus dew point is to assume a maximum allowable
temperature difference between the supply air and the room. Then, calculate the supply air
conditions to the space. The supply air conditions to the space must fall on the RSHF line to
properly offset the sensible and latent loads in the space.
There are four criteria which should be examined, to aid in establishing the supply air
requirements to the space. These are:
1. Air movement in the space.
2. Maximum temperature difference between the supply air and the room.
3. The selected adp should provide an economical refrigeration machine selection.
4. In some cases, the ventilation air quantity required may result in an all outdoor air application.

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