Calibrated simulation study for efficient sizing and operating strategies for the thermal storage integrated air conditioning system

Rana Veer Pratap Singh, Jaivardhan Singh, Jyotirmay Mathur, Mahabir Bhandari

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Abstract

The chilled water thermal energy storage is a proven technology that allows dissociation of cooling from the concurrent demand for cooling within a building. However, its applicability to office buildings, which operate at daytime only, and the effect of various parameters on its sizing and operation are still not explored in detail. The key objective of this study is the demonstration of the impact of new sizing and operating strategies on energy-saving potential while implementing chilled water storage with an air conditioning system. To accomplish the objectives, using experimental data, the simulation model was calibrated and further used for the analysis of the impact of the considered variables on the storage integrated system operating strategies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)389-411
Number of pages23
JournalInternational Journal of Sustainable Energy
Volume40
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Funding

This manuscript has been co-authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ).

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U.S. Department of Energy

    Keywords

    • System integration
    • air conditioning
    • energy saving
    • energy storage
    • model calibration

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