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Air conditioning by Phase Change Material - PCM is a new way of taking comfort and not damaging the environment. Our PCM - Phase Change Material was used by Autarkis in Netherland and other european countries to cool offices. The melting point was set at 21oC by selecting a suitable PCM - Phase Change Material. The climate in Europe permits such melting point for equalising day and night temperature. The experience iof cooling with PCM - Phase Change Material is described as a very pleasant one. Unlike with the conventional Air conditions there is no irritation of air blowing.

An example of the method of calculating the PCM - Phase Change Material based air conditioning system is given below.

Free Cooling for a Hall in Bangalore with Latest™21T

PROPOSAL FOR FREE AIR CONDITIONING OF HALL FOR 1000 HOURS/YEAR

Preliminary/Concept Presentation for Data Exchange and Technical Interaction.
Data Offered by the User:    
Air Condition Load is 932 Tons of Refrigeration. 932 Tons AC
Carpet Area of the Hall is 200000 sq ft. 200000 Sq.ft
Comfort Level is 23oC. [Phase Change Material (PCM) to start Melting at 21oC 21 oC
No. of people is 1800 1800 Ppl
We get 19oC for at least 4hr/night for hundred nights in a year    
Fan use is permitted    

 

I.          
Weather Information on Bangalore    
Month Mean Temperature oC Mean Total Rainfall (mm) Mean Number of Rain Days Remarks
Daily Daily  
Minimum Maximum  
Jan 15.1 27 2.7 0.2 22-23oC can be maintained all the time
Feb 16.6 29.6 7.2 0.5 22-23oC can be maintained all the time
Mar 19.2 32.4 4.4 0.4 22-23oC can be maintained for a few hours
Apr 21.5 33.6 46.3 3  PCM Cooling can be used if the acceptable
May 21.2 32.7 119.6 7  Melting Point of PCM is 23oC.
Jun 19.9 29.2 80.6 6.4  In that case Hall temp will be 25-26oC
Jul 19.5 27.5 110.2 8.3 22-23oC can be maintained for a few hours
Aug 19.4 27.4 137 10 22-23oC can be maintained for a few hours
Sep 19.3 28 194.8 9.3 22-23oC can be maintained for a few hours
Oct 19.1 27.7 180.4 9 22-23oC can be maintained for a few hours
Nov 17.2 26.6 64.5 4 22-23oC can be maintained all the time
Dec 15.6 25.9 22.1 1.7 22-23oC can be maintained all the time
The above details are the mean maximum and minimum temperatures in Bangalore.
The information is available from World Weather Information Service, India Meteorological Department.
           
From the above information, it appears that for more than 100days, PCM Melting at 20oC  is workable
for free cooling. 4 months are marked in green back-ground and 5 months in yellow background.
In April, May and June, free-cooling can not be made available. PCM Melting at 20oC
will easily give comfortable temperature during day time for rest of the months.
Calculations based on 100 days free cooling will be on safer side.
II                
Calculation of Quantity of PCM Required          
Air Conditioning Load is stated to be 932 tons AC     932 Tons AC
1ton = 80Kcal*1000/24 so 932 tons AC is (Refrig. AC is slightly lower) 3106667 Kcal/hr
i.e. No. of Kcal'hr*4.18KJoule/Kcal/3600sec/hr     3607 KJ/sec
At 10hours per day of Cooling or heating cycle it means   129858667 KJ/day
If PCM of 170KJ/Kg is used then we need No. of KJ/day/170 Kg of PCM 763875 Kg of PCM
At Rs.70/- per Kg the quantity of PCM will cost

 (Bulk Price)

  53471216 Rs.
Cost of Fixing on site @ Rs.60/- per Kg** including cost of False ceiling (1) 45832471 Rs.** Tentative
        Total Cost Rs. 99303686 Rs. Tentative
At Electricity cost of Rs.5/- per KWH Electricity Charges of AC usage (2) 18036 Per Hour
If the system is usable for 1000 hours a year, then cost of Energy Saved 18035926 Per Year
Saving on Maintenance & Depreciation of AC System at 50% of the above (3) 9017963 Per Year
Total saving/per year           27053889 Per Year
Pay Back Period if you count only cost of PCM (4)     1.98 Years
Pay Back Period if you count only cost of PCM and Cost of False Ceiling (4) 3.67 Years
III                
Calculation of Surface Area of Encapsulated PCM.        
Let us calculate for 76.3875MT PCM Encapsulated in a Panel or Profile of 20mm*200mm*1m
Heat Transfer Surface Area of all 4 sides will be 0.22*1*2 sq.m per piece 0.44 sq.m.
Each Profile will pack around 4kg of PCM          
Number of Profiles required will be PCM/4       190969 Pieces
Heat Transfer Surface Area of 4 sides for all the pieces will be No. of Pieces*Area per piece 84026 Sq.m
            i.e. 906643 Sq.ft
Surface Area of one side and all the pieces will be 0.2*1*2 sq.m   38194 Sq.m
            i.e. 412110 Sq.ft
Let us say that 2 lacs sq.ft of the Hall is a square one with each side as 450 ft. (5)  
The four sides will be approximately 450*4 (5)     1800 ft
After excluding non-panel-able area     Say 1500 ft say
If the wall is paneled with PCM upto 10ft we will get on one side   15000 Sq.ft
If the Ceiling is Paneled with PCM profiles we will get     200000 Sq.ft
If the under floor is paneled with PCM-filled profiles we will get   200000 Sq.ft
It is advisable to have wall paneling and ceiling paneling.      
Ceiling paneling can be adjusted to have double the number of panels by cross placing  
Under floor paneling may not be desirable due to wear and tear.      
Assuming one side ceiling paneling as 400000 sq.ft, we will get total heat transfer area of (5)
400000*2.2 sq.ft from Ceiling and 15000 sq.ft from walls (5)   895000 Sq.ft.
              86284 Sq.m
Heat Transfer Coefficient of 25 Kcal/hr.sq.m.oC & ∆T of 2oC are safe bet.    
Heat Transferable in 1 hour will be U*A*∆T 25Kcal/hr/sq.m/C*Area*T*1hr 4314180 Kcal/hr
The Variation in ∆T is adequately Taken Care of here as it will always be higher.   ADEQUATE....................
IV                
Replacement Air              
Human Comfort level is achieved when around 100Whr per person per day is the dissipated by air.
Sp. Heat of Air is 0.25 Kcal/Kg and density is 1.25 Kg/Cu.m.      
1 Watt.Hr = 3600 KJ = 861 Kcal            
100 Watt.Hr = 360000 KJ = 86100 Kcal          
There are 1800 people in the building          
So total heat to be dissipated by air is 154980000 Kcal/day or ~ 1800 Kcal/sec  
Flow rate of air required to dissipate this quantity of heat is 5740 m^3/sec per degree of temperature rise
For a 2 degree C temperature rise permissible for air, this becomes 2870 M^3/sec  
For 2870 m^3/sec of air gushing through a 6000 sq.m. of Void (33% of Ceiling Area) in the ceiling panels
its speed will be .478 or ~ 0.5 m/sec. We can have higher by recirculation.    
Turbulence in the Panels can be increased further by recirculation rate.    
(1)To Check & Alter the Cost of Paneling and False Ceiling        
(2) To Check & Alter the Cost of Electricity          
(3) To Check and Correct the Cost of Depreciation & Maintenance of AC      
(4) Intangible Benefits and Green Factor is added to this pay-back.        
(5) False Ceiling would be needed either way for aesthetic purposes      
(6) To Check and Alter the Side Area/Length/Breath          

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