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American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers Guide, 1929
PROPORTIONATE RADIATION FOR VARIOUS ROOM TEMPERATURES
Table 6, based on one given in the paper, The Establishment of Standard Methods of Proportioning Direct Radiation, by James A. Donnelly (American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers Transactions, Vol. 21, p. 535), gives the proportionate heat losses from buildings, the proportionate transmission from direct radiators, and the proportionate radiation required (with steam at 215 deg. fahr.) for various room temperatures when the outside temperature is 0 deg.
Table 6. Effect of Room Temperature on Heat Loss and Size of Radiator
Room Temperature
Dbg. Fahr.
Proportionate
Loss IN B.t.u.
Difference in Temperature Between Radia tor and Room
Proportionate Transmission
in B.t.u.
Room Temperature
Deg. Fahr.
Proportionate Surface
Required Sq. Ft.
35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70* 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120
0.50 0.57 0.64 0.71 0.79 0.86 0.93 1.00* 1.07 1.14 1.21 1.29 1.36 1.43 1.50 1.57 1.64 1.71
180 175 170 165 160 155 150 145* 140 135 130 125 120
1n1o5
105 100
95
1.33 1.28 1.23 1.18 1.14 1.09 1.05 1.00* 0.96 0.91 0.87 0.83 0.78 0.74 0.70 0.66 0.62
0.58
35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70* 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120
0.38 0.45 0.52 0.60 0.69 0.79 0.89 1.00* 1.11 1.25 1.39 1.55 1.74 1.93 2.14 2.38 2.65 2.95
* Standard Conditions.
Assuming that the rate of heat loss from a building varies directly with the difference be tween the outside temperature and the building temperature, and considering the beat loss for zero outside, 70 deg. Inside as the standard, or 100 per cent; the second column shows the proportionate loss of beat from a -building when the outside temperature is zero, and the inside temperature is as given in the first column.
Assuming that the rate of
transmission from a direct radi ator to the air of a building is in
proportion to their difference in
temperature, with a < variation in the rate of transmission of
2 per cent, greater or less, for each 10 deg. increase or decrease in their temperature difference, and considering 145 deg. differ
ence in temperature (steam 215 deg., building 70 deg.) as standard, or 100 per cent trans mission. the fourth column shows the proportionate trans
mission when the difference in
temperature is as given in the third column.
Assuming that under stand ard conditions of outside tem perature zero, building tempera ture 70 deg., and radiator tem perature 215 deg. (or 145 deg. difference between the radiator and room) the amount of radia tion necessary is 100 per cent, the proportionate amounts of radiation given in the sixth
column are those necessary to
heat a building to the tempera
tures given in the fifth column,
when the outside temperature is zero.
Note.--The amount of surface required for heating is always obtained by dividing the heat loss from
the building by the amount of heat transmitted per square foot of radiation. Therefore, as may be-seen from the above tables, the proportionate amount of surface required for heating is obtained by dividing the proportionate heat loss from the building- by the proportionate transmission of the radiator.' in each case.
Table 6 may be used to find the proportionate amount of radiation
necessary to heat a room to any desired inside temperature, other than 70 deg. fahr., when the outside minimum temperature is other than
zero, and with a radiator temperature other than standard. Find the difference between the outside temperature and the room temperature in
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the first column; divide the proportionate heat loss opposite this amount, in the second column, by the proportionate transmission opposite the difference in temperature between the radiator and the room, as given in the fourth column, and the result will be the proportionate amount of
radiation required.
Kxamble.--What is the proportionate amount of radiation required to heat a room
to 90 deg. fahr. with a temperature of --20 deg. fahr. outside and a steam temperature
of 240 deg. fahr.?
.
Solution --The difference in temperature between --20 deg. fahr. outside, and 90
fahr. inside, is 110 deg. fahr. Opposite 110, the proportionate heat loss, or 1.57,
is found in the second column. The difference in temperature between the radiator
and the room (steam 240 deg. fahr., room 90 deg. fahr.) is 150 deg. k*?r. Opposite this
the nroportionate transmission 1.05 is found in the fourth column. Divide 1.57 by 1.05
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Fig. 1. Effect of Humidity on Heat Transmission
EFFECT OF HUMIDITY
The late'John R. Allen, while Director of the Society's Research Laboratory, submitted a paper as a report (A. S. H. V. E: Transactions, Vol. 26, p. 11), which in addition to the treatise on the heat emitted by various types of radiation, from which the preceding tables were calcu lated gives other data from which the following is taken.
Fig. 1 shows the effect of increasing the humidity upon the heat transmission. It will be noted that with extreme change of humidity there is a slight change in the heat transmission, the heat transmission reducing slightly as the humidity increases. Humid ity can have very little, if any effect upon radiation, and the effect of humidity must therefore change the-converted heat lost by the radiator.^ This^ change of converted heat is probably due to thfe change in the density of the air passing over the radiator.
WARMING THE RADIATOR
It- is often very important to know the maximum condensation that occurs in a radiator when steam is turned on. Fig. 2 shows the condensation rate in pounds per hour for the time elapsing after steam* is turned into the radiator. It will be noticed that the maximum condensation in the radiator occurs 10 min. after steam is turned on,
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