Ashrae Oau Present - r1

OAU Dehumidification System Selection
Kecha Thirakomen
ASHRAE Fellow member
CEO, EEC Engineering Network Co.,Ltd.
Somjin Disawas
Chief Mechanical Engineer
EEC Engineering Network Co.,Ltd.
Topics
Introduction to OAU and DOAS
Dehumidification technology
OAU arrangement description and comparison
System design consideration
HVAC System Requirements
- Good IAQ
- Healthy body
- High productivity
- Energy Saving
- Global warming issue
- Energy crisis
- Cost competitive
Key Factor to Good IAQ

Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DOAS)
Key to Control Humidity in Hot/Humid Climate
Supply air shall be dry enough

To absorb moisture
To stable room condition
How dry is dry enough?
More dry air means more energy
Outdoor Design Condition
Max Latent
Load
Which condition should be Max Sensible

Load
selected for design conditions? Max Total
Load
OUTDOOR / INDOOR DESIGN CONDITION

31.3 CDB/27.5 CDP
34.3 CDB/28.8 CWB
dh
Max. acceptable moisture
level to be determined.
How dry do we need to 37.1 CDB/26.5 CWB
supply the air to the room?

22 – 26 Cdb / 50 – 60 %rh
Design point = ?
dw
1. Find humidity ratio rise

2. Find the leaving Dew dw(gr/lb) = LH(Btu/hr)/(0.68 x CFM)
Point Temp of FA dw(kg/kg) = LH(Watt)/(3010 x L/s)
Optimum Humidity Range
Dehumidification Technology
- Liquid - Run around coil

- Solid - Plate heat exchanger
- Heat pipe horse shoe
Desiccant: a material that can

attract and hold moisture.
Solid Desiccant
Active type
Require external heat source
Can get very low dew point temperature
Electronic factory, packaging room, etc.,
Passive type
Use room exhaust to dry outdoor air
Outdoor air does not drier than room exhaust air
Common commercial building
Solid Desiccant
Require external heat source

Pre-cool & Reheat Device
Dehumidification Technology
- Suitable for dew point - Higher energy efficiency than

less than 10 Cdp desiccant
- Supply air at higher - Suitable and economical for
temperature, require dew point more than 10 Cdp
cooling (21 Cdb/50%rh)
- Supply air dew point temp.
Typical Condition for Commercial Building depend on coil temp. (CHWS),
CHWS : 6 @ 7 deg. C
- Approach temp for cooling coil : 4 - 5 deg. C coil configuration and coil face
- Leaving coil condition : 10 @ 12 deg. Cdb / 95 @ 100 %rh velocity
- Room dew point : 13 deg. Cdp
Energy Point of View
Hot / Humid Climate

High ventilation load/Operation cost although the year
Humidification technology selection
Improve dehumidification with a low operation cost
Active desiccant require external heat, passive
desiccant do not.
Heat pipe and plate heat exchanger do not require
external heat.
Run around coil require pump to work.
Energy Point of View
We can set room

temp. at higher if we
can control lower %rh
to get same thermal
comfort…….
Energy saving
Conventional CAV System
-Respond according to
sensible heat
-Latent capacity is by-
product
-FA is constant
average/proportional to SA,
สํานักงาน not equal to requirement
-Coil is design to deal with
peak sensible heat, not
latent
หองอาหาร
-Peak sensible not occur at
the same time to peak latent
-High %rh when part load
หองประชุม -DOAS is solution
Conventional VAV System

-Respond according to sensible heat
-Latent capacity is by-product, but
better than CAV
-FA is proportional to SA, not equal to
requirement, and not constant/not
relate to requirement
สํานักงาน -FA is depend on return plenum
pressure (fan pressure)
-Coil is design to deal with peak
sensible heat, not latent
หองอาหาร
-Peak sensible not occur at the same
time to peak latent
-High %rh when part load, but better
หองประชุม than CAV
-DOAS is solution
OAU Arrangement
OAU Arrangement
OAU Arrangement
OAU Arrangement
OAU Arrangement
Technical Data Comparison for Each Arrangement

Technical Data Comparison
Note: 1. Arr = Arrangement, HR = Heat Recovery Unit, TH = Total Cooling Load, SH = Sensible Cooling Load, LH =
Latent Cooling Load
2. Use arrangement 1 as reference for calculate reduction capacity
OAU Coil Capacity Comparison
450.0
Total capacity
400.0 Sensible capacity
Latent capacity
350.0
OAU coil Capacity, kW
300.0
250.0
200.0
150.0
100.0
50.0
0.0
1 2 3 4 5 6
OAU Arrangement
OAU Coil Reduction Capacity Comparison
180.0
160.0
OAU coil Reduction Capacity, kW
140.0 Total capacity

Sensible capacity
120.0
Latent capacity
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
1 2 3 4 5 6
OAU Arrangem ent
FRESH AIR LEAVING OAU CONDITION FOR EACH ARRANGEMENT
Require reheat if leaving condition

lower than room dew point, to
avoid outlet condensation
ARR1,3,5 ARR4,6 ARR2

Design Considerations
-Outdoor design condition
-Room design moisture level
-CO2 sensor to vary fresh air
-Cross contamination concern
-Building positive pressure
-Where to feed fresh air into, directly into the room or into return plenum
-Duct work if recovery unit to be used
-Room sensible heat offset from fresh air supply
-Fresh air outlet condensation, if directly feed into the room
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OAU Dehumidification System Selection

Key Factor to Good IAQ

Key to Control Humidity in Hot/Humid Climate

Supply air shall be dry enough

Which condition should be Max Sensible

OUTDOOR / INDOOR DESIGN CONDITION

34.3 CDB/28.8 CWB

supply the air to the room?

1. Find humidity ratio rise

- Liquid - Run around coil

Desiccant: a material that can

Require external heat source

- Suitable for dew point - Higher energy efficiency than

Hot / Humid Climate

Energy Point of View

We can set room

Conventional VAV System

Technical Data Comparison for Each Arrangement

OAU Coil Capacity Comparison

140.0 Total capacity

OAU Arrangem ent

FRESH AIR LEAVING OAU CONDITION FOR EACH ARRANGEMENT

Require reheat if leaving condition

ARR1,3,5 ARR4,6 ARR2

Thank you for your attention

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