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RT-PRC002-EN
Cooling Capacity
Step 1
Calculate the building’s total and sensible
cooling loads at design conditions. Use
the Trane calculation methods or any
other standard accepted method.
Factors used in unit selection:
A
Total Cooling Load: 180 MBh
B
Sensible Cooling Load: 129 MBh
C
Airflow: 6000 cfm
D
Electrical Characteristics: 460/60/3
E
Summer Design Conditions: Entering
Evaporator Coil: 80 DB, 67 WB Outdoor
Ambient: 95 DB
F
External Static Pressure: 0.49 in. wg
G
Rooftop - downflow configuration
H
Accessories
• Roof curb
• Economizer
• Electric Heat
I
Heating
• Capacity 115 MBh
• 460 volt/3 phase Electric Heat —at 6000
cfm
Step 2
As a starting point, a rough determination
must be made of the size of the unit. The
final selection will be made after
examining the performance at the given
conditions. Divide the total cooling load by
nominal BTUH per ton (12 MBh per ton);
then round up to the nearest unit size.
180 MBh / 12 MBh = 15.0 Tons
Step 3
Table PD - 2 shows that a TCD180B4 has a
gross cooling capacity of 184 MBh and
130 MBh sensible capacity at 6000 cfm
and 95 DB outdoor ambient with 80 DB,
67 WB air entering the evaporator.
To Find Capacity at Intermediate
Conditions Not in the Table
When the design conditions are between
two numbers that are in the capacity
table, interpolation is required to
approximate the capacity. Note:
Extrapolation outside of the table
conditions is not recommended.
Step 4
In order to select the correct unit which
meets the building’s requirements, the
fan motor heat must be deducted from
the gross cooling capacity. The amount of
heat that the fan motor generates is
dependent on the effort by the motor -
cfm and static pressure. To determine the
total unit static pressure you add the
external static pressure to the additional
static related by the added features:
External Static (duct system)
0.49 wg
Standard Filter 1 in. 0.10 wg
from Table PD-35
Economizer 0.04 wg
(100% Return Air) from Table PD-35
Electric Heater Size 36 kw 0.07 wg
from Table PD-35
Total Static Pressure 0.60 wg
Note: The Evaporator Fan Performance
Table PD-18 has already accounted for
the pressure drop for standard filters and
wet coils (see note below Table PD-18).
Therefore, the actual total static pressure
is 0.60 -0.10 (from Table PD-35) = 0.50 wg.
With 6000 cfm and 0.50 wg.
Table PD-18 shows 2.56 bhp for this unit.
Note below the table gives a formula to
calculate Fan Motor Heat,
3.15 x bhp = MBH.
3.15 x 2.56 = 8.06 MBH.
Now subtract the fan motor heat from
the gross cooling capacity of the unit:
Net Total Cooling Capacity
= 184 MBH - 8.06 = 175.9 MBH.
Net Sensible Cooling Capacity
= 130 MBH - 8.06 = 121.9 MBH.
Step 5
If the performance will not meet the
required load of the building -total or
sensible cooling load, try a selection at
the next higher size unit.
Heating Capacity
Step 1
Calculate the building heating load using
the Trane calculation form or other
standard accepted method.
Step 2
Size the system heating capacity to
match the calculated building heating
load. The following are building heating
requirements:
A
Total heating load of 115.0 MBH
B
6000 cfm
C
460 volt/3 phase Power Supply
The electric heat accessory capacities are
listed in Table PD-36. From the table, a 36
kw heater will deliver 122.94 MBH at 480
volts. In order to determine capacity at
460 volts, the heater voltage correction
factor from Table PD-37 must be used.
Therefore, 122.94 MBH x .94 (voltage
correction factor) = 115.6 MBH.
Air Delivery Selection
External static pressure drop through the
air distribution system has been
calculated to be 0.50 inches of water.
From Table PD-35 static pressure drop
through the economizer is 0.04 and the
36 kw heater is 0.07 inches of water (0.49
+ 0.04 + 0.07). Enter Table PD-18 for a
TCD180B4 at 6000 cfm and 0.50 static
pressure. The standard motor at 777 rpm
will give the desired airflow at a rated bhp
of 2.71.
Selection
Procedures