Literature review of building peak cooling load methods in the United States Academic Article

abstract

• Copyright 2018 ASHRAE. Today, sizing HVAC systems plays an important role in the building design process, requiring an accurate method in order to avoid problems from over- or under-sized systems. To date, there have been five peak cooling load methods published by ASHRAE, including: the Total Equivalent Temperature Difference/Time Averaging Method, the Transfer Function Method, the Cooling Load Temperature Difference/Solar Cooling Load/Cooling Load Factor Method, the Heat Balance Method, and the Radiant Time Series Method. This study provides a thorough review of the five methods with respect to their history and summarizes the method differences that can lead to inaccurate sensible cooling load calculations.

authors

• Baltazar, Juan Carlos
• Haberl, Jeff

published proceedings

• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

author list (cited authors)

• Mao, C., Baltazar, J., & Haberl, J. S.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Mao, Chunliu||Baltazar, Juan-Carlos||Haberl, Jeff S

publication date

• March 2018

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Science and Technology for the Built Environment  Journal

keywords

• 33 Built Environment And Design
• 3301 Architecture

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/23744731.2017.1373700

start page

• 228

end page

• 237

volume

• 24

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2017.1373700