- Author
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Domanski, P. A.
- Title
- Rating of Mixed Split Residential Air Conditioners.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Improving Building Energy Efficiency in Hot and Humid Climates, 5th Annual Symposium. Proceedings. September 13, 1988,
Houston, TX,
1988
- Keywords
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air conditioning
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methodology
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performance evaluation
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algorithms
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evaporators
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expansio
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equation
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valves
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verification
- Identifiers
- methodology of development of the rating algorithm; impace of mixed evaporator; impace of mixed expansion device; exponents found for equations; proposed values for exponents in equations; thermostatic expansion valve factor
- Abstract
- A methodology is presented for rating the performance of mixed, split residential air conditioners. The method accounts for the impact on system performance of the indoor evaporator, expansion device and fan; three major components that are likely to be substituted for the matched components in a mixed system. The method allows calculation of capacity at 95° F rating point and seasonal energy efficiency ratio, SEER, without performing laboratory test of the complete system. Limitations of the procedure, present work, and anticipated improvements are also discussed.