Cooling and Heating LOAD CALCULATION MANUAL Second Edition Faye C. McQuiston, PE. @ Jeffrey D. Spitler, PE. & American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. ——_———— i eet IneCopyright © 1992 by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. All rights reserved. ‘The TFMTAB program contains portions of Vermont Views™ software, Copyright 1988-1990 Vermont Creative Software. All rights reserved. Ver~ mont Views is a trademark of Vermont Creative Software. No part of this book may be reproduced without permission in writing from ASHRAE, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages or repro- duce illustrations in a review with appropriate credit; nor may any part of this book be reproduced, stored ina retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, photocopying, recording, or other—without permission in writing from ASHRAE. ‘ASHRAE has compiled this publication with care, but ASHRAE has not investigated, and ASHRAE expressly disclaims any duty to investigate, any product, service, process, procedure, design, or the like which may be des- cribed herein. The appearance of any technical data, editorial material, or advertisement in this publication does not constitute endorsement, warranty, or guaranty by ASHRAE of any product, service, process, procedure, design, or thelike. ASHRAE does not warrant that the information in this publica tion is free of errors, and ASHRAE does not necessarily agree with any state ment or opinion in this publication. The entire risk of the use of any information in this publication is assumed by the user. ISBN 0-910110-85-9 Edited by: i Robert A. Parsons Claudia Forman Andrea S, AndersenPREFACE ‘The Cooling and Heating Load Calculation Manual, generally known as ASHRAE GRP 158, was originally published about 15 years ago under direc- tion of the late William Rudoy. The manual has served the industry well as both a working and teaching document; however, as with any manual of this type, experience and research developments have revealed some shortcom- ings in the procedures developed at that time. Further, the rapid development of the personal computer has made it possible for most designers to aban- don hand calculations in favor of more rigorous automated methods while the method described in the existing manual is constrained to be a manual procedure. With these considerations in mind, this new manual incorporates the latest developments and data for load calculations; has a large empha- sis on computer procedures with appropriate data on magnetic media; and iscomprehensive with respect to all ASHRAE load calculation procedures, except residential Work leading to the development, review, and publication of this manual ‘was directed by TC 4.1, Load Calcilations. Dr. Edward F. Sowell played an important role in the research leading to the development of new data associated with the Transfer Function Method. He was responsible for the development of the weighting factor database and software to access that data and was the principal author of Appendix A. With any publication of this magnitude, helpful suggestions, comments, and criticisms come from many individuals and sources. Their assistance is acknowledged and appreciated. Faye C. MeQuiston Jeffrey D. Spitler