Step 3: Select outdoor unit
Determine the required total heat load from the indoor units to the outdoor unit based on either the sum of the peak
loads of each room or the system peak load. In this example, it is determined based on the system peak load. Therefore,
the required heat load is 26.5kW.
Provisionally select an outdoor unit using the sum of the capacity indexes (CIs) of the selected indoor units (as shown
in Table 1-5.4), ensuring that the combination ratio is between 50% and 130%. Refer to Table 1-5.5. As the sum of CIs
of the indoor units is 314, outdoor units 9HP, 10HP and 12HP are potentially suitable. Start from the smaller, which is
the 9HP unit.