The Use of Quantum Mechanics to Predict a Room's Cooling Load

Abstract

The goal of this chapter is to use quantum physics to determine the cooling load of a room. Quantum tunnelling action of photons is used to model heat transport through walls, roofs, and windows. It considers internal heat transfer for room from Quantum mechanics. Internal heat transfers and heat transfer by photon tunnelling effect from walls, roof, and windows are added to get the total cooling load for a space. The cooling load calculated using the Quantum mechanics method is compared to the standard cooling load calculation processes of Cooling load temperature difference and radiant time series method for the room. The cooling load calculation approach based on quantum mechanics has direct applications in the computation of cooling loads for spacecraft in vacuum. Old methods of cooling load calculation use heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation for calculating cooling load. For estimating cooling load, quantum mechanics relies on the tunnelling action of photons through materials rather than conduction or convection methods for heat transfer through materials in the presence of a medium like air.