Commercial air-conditioning systems are widely used for buildings of various sizes. Design and installation of these systems follow a certain guideline developed by the manufacturer. The guideline also includes the adequate amount of refrigerant to be charged into the system. However, the guideline is often insufficient to reflect all the characteristics of installation, which results in too little or too much refrigerant. Inadequate amount of refrigerant usually causes more power consumption and reduced air-conditioning / heating capacity. This paper focuses on identifying the relationship between adequate refrigerant amount and various state variables such as condensation temperature of the air-conditioning system. This is based on regression analysis of data obtained through the experiments under controlled temperature and humidity.
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