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The Sensible Heat Ratio (SHR) in air conditioning is the ratio of:

  1. Sensible heat load to total heat load
  2. Latent heat load to sensible heat load
  3. Total heat load to sensible heat load
  4. Sensible heat load to latent heat load

Answer

A. Sensible heat load to total heat load

Solution

SHR = Qs/(Qs + QL).

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