AIR

CONDITIONING
BCD
UNIT-V
Prof S S JAHAGIRDAR
BE (CIVIL), ME(ENV.),PhD(persuing)
NK Orchid college of Engg. and Tech. , Solapur
 Definition
 Process of treating the air so as to
control simultaneously its
temperature, humidity, purity
and distribution to meet the
requirements of controlled space.
 Requirements of a conditioned space

1) Comfort and health of

occupants
2) Needs of certain industrial
processes
3) Efficient working of
commercial premises/offices
 Functional classification
 Comfort air conditioning : - Aim at
giving max human comfort to
occupants/users of conditioned
space
 Industrial air conditioning : - The
coditioning creates, controls and
maintains such an environment
inside the conditioned space, that it
would suit best to the needs of
industry.
 Classification based on
season/Temperature
1) Summer air conditioning
 In summer outside temp is more and

hence cooling of air is required

 Consists of

i) Air cleaning
ii) Air cooling
iii) Dehumidification
iv) Air distribution/circulation
2) Winter air conditioning
 In winter outside temperature is low
hence heating of air is needed for
comfort.
 Cycle of operations consists of

i) Air cleaning
ii) Air heating
iii) Humidification
iv) Air distribution/circulation
 Essentials of air conditioning system
1) Temperature control
 Effective temp = 200C to 230C in

summer
 Effective Temp = 180C to 220C in

winter
 For Indian conditions 250C with 60%

relative humidity to 300C with 45 %

relative humidity, with air velocity not
exceeding 10 m/min
 2) Humidity control

 During summer dehumidification

is done so that relative humidity
is 40 to 50%
 During winter humidification is
done so that relative humidity is
50 to 60 %
 3) Air Velocity control
 High velocity of conditioned
air may cause greater
temperature difference
between outside and inside.
 Velocity = 6 to 9 m/sec is
desirable
 4) Air Quality control

 Air should be free from

odour, toxic gases, bacteria
and other micro-organisms
Essentials of air conditioning system
1. Filtration
2. Heating (in winter)
3. Cooling (in summer)
4. Humidification
5. Dehumidification
6. Air circulation or distribution
 1) filtration
 Should be capable of removing dust, ash,
smoke, bacteria etc
 Should be capable of holding moderate
amount of dust without affecting the
efficiency
 Should offer low resistance to flow of air
 Workable under sufficient range of
velocities.
 Should afford easy cleaning manually or
mechanically
 2) Heating
 Heating is necessary in winter so
as to compensate heat loss from
room.
 Pre heating of incoming air may be
done by passing over air furnaces
or coils through which hot water is
circulated.
 3) Cooling
 Cooling of incoming air is
necessary in summer.
 Principle of mechanical
refrigeration is used.
 4) Humidification
 Humidification or addition of
water is necessary in winter
when air because of low temp
has less humidity.
 Incoming air is passed through
pans of water or wet cloth strips
 5) Dehumidification
 In this process certain amount of
water is extracted from air.
 This is done in summer where
incoming air is cooled.
 Adsorbents can be used to
adsorb excess moisture from air
6) Air circulation or distribution
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