Air-side HVAC Systems

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Hi there,

I just have a question on the Air-side HVAC system ? I have AHU?s only
serving this building. One AHU per floor (Total AHU cooling capacity =
800,760 Btu/hr). What is the *?total cooling capacity?* that needs to be
entered in this case (when the system type is multi-zone..), can the
actual total cooling capacity be entered for all the zones or does it have
to be split (total capacity divided by the number of AHU?s) per zone? I
feel the energy consumption is highly dependent on this factor and hence I
would really appreciate if someone could come up with a solution.

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Hello Tanya,
Why don't you let the total cooling capacity for each AHU default for a test run and see what eQuest chooses?? I am unclear how many floors you actually have, but I believe eQuest will default to a number for each AHU that will carry the load. It may oversize it to a degree (it CERTAINLY does an overkill that way in heating).
Give it a try.
John R. Aulbach, PE
On Monday, May 27, 2019, 4:25:30 AM PDT, Tanya Soji via Equest-users wrote:

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I just have a question on the Air-side HVAC system ? I have AHU?s only serving this building. One AHU per floor (Total AHU cooling capacity = 800,760 Btu/hr). What is the ?total cooling capacity? that needs to be entered in this case (when the system type is multi-zone..), ?can the actual total cooling capacity be entered for all the zones or does it have to be split (total capacity divided by the number of AHU?s) per zone? I feel the energy consumption is highly dependent on this factor and hence I would really appreciate if someone could come up with a solution.

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Hi Tanya,

The cooling capacity you enter at the system is the cooling capacity for
each respective AHU unit (provide you are not using any floor multipliers).
If you are using multipliers (where each zone has a multiplier assigned to
it), than the cooling capacity is the total including the multiplier (so if
you had 3 identical floors and were modeling this as a multiplier of 3, the
AHU cooling capacity entered is the capacity for all 3 AHU's).

Chris

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Hello Tanya,
The total cooling capacity for an HVAC system is the sensible capacity plus the latent capacity. The latent capacity is an important factor in humid climates.

Christopher R Jones, P.Eng.
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