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ENGG941 Tutorial Question - Week 7

The document outlines tutorial questions for a course on sustainability for engineers, focusing on energy loss calculations through building materials and heat transfer. It includes specific scenarios for heat loss through roofs and walls, as well as calculations for sensible and latent heat loss in a room. The questions require schematic diagrams, thermal resistance calculations, and the use of psychrometric charts for humidity analysis.

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ENGG941 Tutorial Question - Week 7

The document outlines tutorial questions for a course on sustainability for engineers, focusing on energy loss calculations through building materials and heat transfer. It includes specific scenarios for heat loss through roofs and walls, as well as calculations for sensible and latent heat loss in a room. The questions require schematic diagrams, thermal resistance calculations, and the use of psychrometric charts for humidity analysis.

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ENGG941 Sustainability for Engineers, Scientists and Professionals

Week 7: Tutorial Questions

1. Determine the energy (in kWh) and cost per month of heat loss through the flat roof of a commercial
building measuring 20 x 30m with a U-value of 0.30W/m2K and internal temperature of 21°C for two
locations in winter:
a. Western China: for average outside temperature of -20°C and cost of electricity of A$0.15/kWh
b. Wollongong: average outside temperature of 10°C and A$0.13/kWh.

2. A single brick outside wall is made of the following layers of material (starting from inside):

Material Thickness Thermal Thermal


(mm) Conductivity resistance per
(W/mK) unit area
(m2K/W)
Plasterboard 12.0 0.170
Air gap (just treat as a given thermal res.) 100mm n/a 0.1666
Brick 110 1.2

The heat transfer coefficient on the outside of the wall is 25 W/m2K and is 12 W/m2K on the inside.

a. Draw a schematic diagram of the thermal resistances that limit the heat flow through the wall.
b. Label all the resistances with the quantitative value of the thermal resistance per unit area.
c. Calculate the overall heat transfer coefficient of the wall.
d. Determine what the U value would be if the air gap was filled with mineral wool insulation with a
thermal conductivity of 0.025 W/mK.

3. A room measures 5m x 10m x 3m and has an air exchange rate of 1.5 ACH due to infiltration air flow
between inside and outside. Assume outside air is at the Sydney winter design condition (7.0°C) and the
inside temperature is the usual winter design condition of 21°C. Determine the sensible heat loss due to
infiltration under these conditions.

4. The conditions are as given in Question 3, but with the additional information that the inside relative
humidity is 60% and outside is 10%. Use the Psychrometric chart at the end of this sheet to determine
the humidity ratio (or absolute humidity) of the air masses and hence determine the latent heat load due
to the infiltration.

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