Title: Heating design temperatures, freezing degree-hours and number of freezing hours for selected cities in Turkey

Authors: Saban Pusat

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, 34349 Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract: In this study, the heating design temperatures (HDTs), the freezing degree-hours (FDHs) and the number of freezing hours (NFHs) were examined for the selected cities in Turkey. Eight cities were selected for the analyses, which represent the different climatic regions of Turkey. In the analyses, the typical meteorological year (TMY) data was used. According to the results, the yearly minimum and maximum FDHs were calculated as 27.2 and 13,842.5 for Adana and Sivas, respectively. The minimum and maximum NFHs were obtained as 25 and 2,355 for Adana and Sivas, respectively. Sivas had the highest FDH and NFH values for all the cases. Therefore, Sivas had the highest risk of freezing and icing. Additionally, there was not a significant risk of freezing and icing in Adana, Denizli, İstanbul and Trabzon. The HDTs were calculated with the most current data for Turkey.

Keywords: freezing; icing; degree-hour; degree-day; freezing degree-hour; FDH; number of freezing hour; NFH; heating design temperature; HDT; typical meteorological year; TMY; Turkey.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2019.098506

International Journal of Global Warming, 2019 Vol.17 No.3, pp.266 - 278

Received: 04 Dec 2017
Accepted: 09 Oct 2018
Published online: 25 Mar 2019 *

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