Tuesday, March 30, 2021

AIR CONDITIONER ANNUAL COST SAVING CALCULATION

 A 7.5 TR package air conditioner is provided for a UPS room for removing the heat

generated from the UPS of rated capacity 40 kVA. The following parameters were noticed

while performing the assessment of the total system.

UPS Parameters:

Rating Input Power (kW) Output Power (kW)

40 kVA

On Load (16 hrs) 11.94 8.61

No Load (8 hrs) 1.16 0.00

Air conditioner parameters:

Installed capacity of Air conditioner 7.5 TR

Outdoor unit (condenser) air velocity 6.1 m/s

Radius of the fan opening at the point of velocity measurement

in outdoor unit

0.30 m

Air Density 1.174 kg/m3

Ambient temperature 305 0K

Temperature of hot air (condenser outlet) 313.5 0K

Specific heat of air 1.009 kJ/kg K

Power drawn by the compressor 5.40 kW

Efficiency of the compressor motor 90 %

Calculate

a) Present delivery capacity of air conditioner (TR) (3 Marks)

b) Power drawn per TR of refrigeration (3 Marks)

c) Calculate the annual energy savings for 7200 hrs, if the UPS is relocated to a non

air-conditioned ventilated area. Assume energy cost Rs.8/kWh.




ANSWER: 


Capacity Installed 7.5 TR

Outdoor unit air velocity 6.1 m/s

Radius of the opening 0.30 m

Area of cross section (3.14x0.3^2) 0.283 m2

Total Air flow (0.283x6.1) 1.72 m3/s

Density of the air 1.174 kg/m3

Mass of air, m (1.72x1.174) 2.02 kg/s

Ambient temperature, T1 305 oK

Air temperature, T2 313.5 oK

Difference in Temperature (T2-T1), (dT) 8.5 oK

Specific Heat at Constant pressure, cp 1.009 kJ/kgK

Heat Transfer (mxCpx(T2-T1)) 17.32 kJ/s

Heat transfer per hour 62352 kJ/hr

14917 kcal/Hr

Heat input from the compressor (5.4x0.9x860) 4180 kcal/Hr

Evaporator heat load (14949-4180) 10737 kcal/Hr

1 Tonne of refrigeration 3024 kCal/Hr


Effective TR 3.55 TR

Power drawn by the compressor 5.40 kW

power taken per TR of refrigeration 1.52 kW/ TR


Heat Load generated by UPS in Conditioned Space

Rating/ Location

Input

Power

(kW)

Output

Power

(kW)

Heat Load

(kW) kCal/Sec kCal/Hr TR/hr

Total

TR/day

40 kVA

On

Load

(16hrs)

11.94 8.61 3.33 0.80 2880 0.95 15.2

No Load

(8hrs)

1.16 0 1.16 0.28 1008 0.33 2.64

Total 17.84

The savings that can be achieved by providing clean, cool and dust free environment for UPS

operation is given below.

AC Load generated by UPS/ day = 17.84 TR

Power taken by AC to generate 17.82 TR at 1.52 kW/ TR = 27.12 kW

Annual energy savings at 300 days of operation = 8136 kWh

Cost of power = Rs.8/ kWh

Annual Cost Savings = Rs.65,088/-

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