EFFECT OF HEAT INFLUX FROM ENGINE BOILER COMPARTMENTS ON POWER CHARACTERISTICS OF AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS OF CREW COMPARTMENTS IN CARGO VESSELS

In designing crew-compartment shipboard air-conditioning systems, the summer conditions for which the total balance of heat influx is compiled in the initial planning stage is decisive. This balance includes the heat inflow from temperature differences and from sunlight on the structures enclosing compartments, from body warmth, instruments, and adjacent high-temperature compartments, but in some instances the heat influx from the engine and boiler compartments whose bulkheads and decks are adjacent to the air-conditioning equipment compartments are not insulated or at best covered with fireproof insulation with a heat transfer coefficient of k = 3.0 kcal/sq. meter hr degree. The authors indicate the necessity of thermal insulation for the engine and boiler compartments adjacent to air conditioning compartments because of their substantial effect on crew comfort and well-being. The optimum coefficient of heat transfer in the insulation in the bulkheads, decks, and overheads of the engine and boiler compartments adjacent to air-conditioned compartments is found to be 0.9--1.0 kcal/sq. meter hr degree.

• Authors:
  • Shamshin, V M
  • Mundinger, A A
  • Shifrin, YeI
• Publication Date: 1968

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 15-18
• Serial:
  • Sudostroyeniye (Soviet Shipbuilding) [USSR]
  • Issue Number: 5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air conditioning systems; Heat insulating materials; Heat transfer; Human factors engineering
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00014990
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Joint Publications Research Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1973 12:00AM