Real-time thermal load calculation by automatic estimation of convection coefficients

Accepted analytical correlations are also used to estimate the heat transfer coefficients for comparison with the present model. The adjusted coefficients and the analytical correlations are separately used to estimate the thermal loads in an experimental setup. It is shown that the utilization of the adjusted coefficients yields to higher accuracy of thermal load estimations compared to the conventional analytical correlations. Since the proposed method requires less engineering information of the room, it can be adopted as a simplified yet accurate method for the design and retrofit of new and existing HVAC-R systems.