Reduction of energy consumption for a TAC system applied to sleeping environments with varying envelope thermal load

Mao Ning, Hao Jingyu, Song Mengjie*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Task/ambient air conditioning (TAC) system is reported to be an energy efficient technology with available methods to control thermal comfortable level for sleeping environments. However, the variation of indoor thermal environment will directly affect the performance of the TAC system, especially the set of operation parameters. Therefore, an optimization study on the TAC system operation considering the effects of envelope thermal load was carried out in this paper. Firstly, a full factorial design method was used to construct the models of the energy consumption and thermal comfort. Secondly, comfort lines were obtained to calculate the optimum operating parameters at which the energy consumption was at the lowest. Finally, the energy consumption at the optimum status was calculated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)360-365
Number of pages6
JournalEnergy Procedia
Volume152
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event2018 Applied Energy Symposium and Forum, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage, CCUS 2018 - Perth, Australia
Duration: 27 Jun 201829 Jun 2018

Keywords

  • Energy consumption
  • Envelope thermal load
  • Optimum operating parameters
  • TAC system
  • Thermal comfort

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Ning, M., Jingyu, H., & Mengjie, S. (2018). Reduction of energy consumption for a TAC system applied to sleeping environments with varying envelope thermal load. Energy Procedia, 152, 360-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2018.09.149