Journal
BUILDING SIMULATION
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages 659-668Publisher
TSINGHUA UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-016-0297-0
Keywords
ground source direct cooling system; water storage tank system; radiant floor cooling system; displacement ventilation
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- Shandong Jianzhu University [XNBS1408]
- Ministry of Science and Technology [2011-K1-34]
- Science and Technology project of Shandong Province [2011GNC11401, 2012GGX10416]
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Energy consumption for the commercial buildings has increasingly gained attentions, due to the significant electricity consumption and peak power demand. To solve this problem, this paper focuses on performance on the Ground Source Direct Cooling (GSDC) system integrated with a Water Storage Tank System (WSTS) in the summer, which directly utilizes the low-grade energy to supply high temperature water for the radiant floor cooling system and make full use of the electric rate difference between on-peak and off-peak periods. In summer, the indoor air temperature is controlled between 23 and 26 A degrees C, resulting in a comfortable thermal environment. The total cooling capacities in 2014 and 2015 were 32.6 kWh/m(2) and 30.7 kWh/m(2), respectively. The annual energy consumptions for Electricity Unit Intensity (EUI) in 2014 and 2015 were 33.0 kWh/(m(2)center dot yr) and 32.1 kWh/(m(2)center dot yr), and the cooling energy consumptions only consumed 4.19 kWh/(m(2)center dot yr) and 4.55 kWh /(m(2)center dot yr), respectively. The annual operating cost of this cooling system only reaches 9 yuan/(m(2)center dot yr) through the analysis of 5 years' operation. Compared to a conventional air cooled heat pump system, this cooling system has a larger initial cost, but its recovery period is less than 4.3 years, due to the extremely low operating cost. Overall, this GSDC system integrated with WSTS in the summer has remarkable advantages in thermal comfort and energy efficiency.
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