Air Conditioning with Natural Energy
Applications, Case Studies, and Energy Savings Potential
- 1st Edition - June 5, 2024
- Editors: Xianting Li, Xinhua Xu
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 5 0 6 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 5 0 7 - 1
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Request a sales quoteAir Conditioning with Natural Energy: Applications, Case Studies, and Energy Savings Potential is a comprehensive examination of the principles, theory, applications, and energy saving performance of newly developed technologies for air conditioning using natural energy. Based on the latest research and real-world case studies from North America, Europe, and China, the book provides an engineering perspective on the design and application of air conditioning from multiple climates. Each case study presented analyzes the carbon emission reduction potential, energy saving potential, and the operational performance of the technologies.
Specific chapters examine the range of air conditioning technologies that use natural energy. This includes enhanced treatment technologies for outdoor air such as earth-to-air heat exchanger, fresh air pre-handling system using shallow geothermal energy, as well as newly developed technologies such as pipe-embedded wall, nocturnal cooling wall, and pipe-embedded window systems. With particular focus on applications in China, Part II provides real world case studies from multiple climatic zones, demonstrating the practical application and implementation of these technologies.
- Explains the theory and principles underpinning the latest and most important air conditioning technologies with natural energy
- Provides a new decision-making index and revised degree hours to evaluate the energy saving potential of different air conditioning technologies with natural energy, helping readers identify the most suitable air conditioning technology for any climate zone
- Analyzes the energy saving potential of different technologies from real projects in different climate zones and calculates the contribution of carbon emission reduction that can be achieved globally
Professional engineers working in the fields of thermal and mechanical engineering, HVAC, and sustainable built environment. Graduate students on courses in thermal and mechanical engineering, HVAC, and energy efficiency, and researchers in the same areas
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part I
- 1. Introduction
- Abstract
- 1.1 Background
- 1.2 Basic thermal process of building
- 1.3 Cooling load and plant load
- 1.4 Analysis of energy demand and natural energy resources
- 1.5 Application forms and the natural energy of concern
- 1.6 Development history of air conditioning with natural energy
- 1.7 Main content
- References
- 2. Enhanced treatment technologies for outdoor air
- Abstract
- 2.1 Evaporative cooling
- 2.2 Direct heat exchange with ground soil
- 2.3 Pretreatment with shallow geothermal energy
- 2.4 Summary
- References
- 3. Pipe-embedded wall systems
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Description of pipe-embedded wall systems
- 3.3 Theoretical frequency-domain model
- 3.4 Simplified thermal model of the wall body and parameter identification
- 3.5 Model of the pipe-embedded wall system and validation
- 3.6 Steady performance evaluation method of the pipe-embedded wall
- 3.7 Summary
- References
- 4. A nocturnal cooling wall system
- Abstract
- 4.1 Principle of nocturnal radiation cooling
- 4.2 Description of the nocturnal cooling wall system
- 4.3 Simplified model of the PenPCM and validation
- 4.4 Coupling model of the nocturnal cooling wall system
- 4.5 Thermal performance evaluation of a typical room with the nocturnal cooling wall system
- 4.6 Steady performance evaluation of the nocturnal cooling wall system
- 4.7 Summary
- References
- 5. The pipe-embedded window
- Abstract
- 5.1 Description of the pipe-embedded window system
- 5.2 Numerical simulation of the pipe-embedded window
- 5.3 Thermal network model of the pipe-embedded window
- 5.4 Performance evaluation method of the pipe-embedded window
- 5.5 Comfort test of the pipe-embedded window
- 5.6 Applicability of the pipe-embedded window in different regions
- 5.7 Summary
- References
- 6. Revised degree hours
- Abstract
- 6.1 Degree hour method
- 6.2 Revised degree hour method
- 6.3 Relationship between revised degree hour and energy savings
- 6.4 Applications of revised degree hour
- 6.5 Summary
- References
- 7. Application potential of natural energy
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Application potential estimation method and validation
- 7.3 Application potential of pipe-embedded wall with ground-source heat exchangers
- 7.4 Application potential of pipe-embedded wall with radiative sky coolers
- 7.5 Application potential of pipe-embedded window with cooling towers
- 7.6 Application potential of fresh air handling with ground-source heat exchangers
- 7.7 Contribution of air conditioning with natural energy sources in different climate regions
- 7.8 Application potential rank of natural energy
- References
- Part II
- 8. A microenergy consumption building using natural cold energy
- Abstract
- 8.1 Objective
- 8.2 Scope
- 8.3 Audience
- 8.4 Rationale
- 8.5 Expected results and deliverables
- 8.6 Analyses
- 8.7 Results and discussions
- 8.8 Conclusions
- 8.9 Learning and knowledge outcomes
- References
- 9. Seawater cooling system in the National Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom
- Abstract
- 9.1 Basic information
- 9.2 Objective and audience
- 9.3 Schematic diagram of the system
- 9.4 Design parameters and design scope (National Energy Research Council)
- 9.5 System load
- 9.6 Designed operation modes
- 9.7 System applicability analysis
- 9.8 Results and deliverables
- 9.9 Learning and knowledge outcomes
- 10. Natural and hybrid ventilation in the Houghton Hall Office Building, United Kingdom
- Abstract
- 10.1 Objective and audience
- 10.2 Building and system information
- 10.3 Performance measurement
- 10.4 Performance modeling
- 10.5 Learning and knowledge outcomes
- References
- 11. Free cooling with tailwater for Pubugou hydropower station in Ya’an Sichuan Province, China
- Abstract
- 11.1 Basic information
- 11.2 Objective and audience
- 11.3 Principle of tailwater tunnel ventilation technology
- 11.4 Design parameters and scopes
- 11.5 Cooling load
- 11.6 Ventilation and air conditioning system
- 11.7 Reservoir water temperature
- 11.8 Thermal calculation of induced air parameters
- 11.9 Energy saving and economic analysis
- 11.10 Results and deliverables
- 11.11 Learning and knowledge outcomes
- References
- 12. Application of the indirect evaporative water chiller system in one Urumqi Hospital
- Abstract
- 12.1 Basic information
- 12.2 Objective and audience
- 12.3 Schematic diagram of the system
- 12.4 Design parameters and design scope
- 12.5 System load
- 12.6 Terminal forms
- 12.7 Energy station forms and sizing
- 12.8 Designed operation modes
- 12.9 Economic analysis
- 12.10 Results and deliverables
- 12.11 Learning and knowledge outcomes
- 13. An application of the indirect evaporative cooling water chillers in a data center in Changji, Xinjiang Province, China
- Abstract
- 13.1 Basic information
- 13.2 Objective and audience
- 13.3 Schematic diagram of the system
- 13.4 Design parameters and design scope
- 13.5 System load
- 13.6 Terminal forms
- 13.7 Energy station forms and sizing
- 13.8 Designed operation modes
- 13.9 Economic analysis
- 13.10 Results and deliverables
- 13.11 Learning and knowledge outcomes
- 14. Application of the evaporative cooling air conditioning system in Lanzhou Metro Line, Gansu Province, China
- Abstract
- 14.1 Basic information
- 14.2 Objective and audience
- 14.3 Schematic diagram of the system
- 14.4 Design parameters and design scope
- 14.5 System load
- 14.6 Terminal forms
- 14.7 Energy station forms and sizing
- 14.8 Designed operation modes
- 14.9 Economic analysis
- 14.10 Results and deliverables
- 14.11 Learning and knowledge outcomes
- References
- 15. The centralized evaporative cooling air conditioning system applied in a data center in Urumqi, Xinjiang Province, China
- Abstract
- 15.1 Basic information
- 15.2 Objective and audience
- 15.3 Schematic diagram of the system
- 15.4 Design parameters and design scope
- 15.5 System load
- 15.6 Terminal forms
- 15.7 Designed operation modes
- 15.8 System applicability analysis
- 15.9 Results and deliverables
- 15.10 Learning and knowledge outcomes
- References
- 16. Application of the radiant floor cooling system with direct-ground cooling source and displacement ventilation in an office building in Jinan, Shandong Province, China
- Abstract
- 16.1 Basic information
- 16.2 Objective and audience
- 16.3 Schematic diagram of the system
- 16.4 Design parameters and design scope
- 16.5 Floor radiant terminal for high-temperature cooling and low-temperature heating and displacement ventilation
- 16.6 Designed operation modes
- 16.7 Economic analysis
- 16.8 Results and deliverables
- 16.9 Learning and knowledge outcomes
- References
- 17. Free cooling from an underground fire-fighting pool for the radiant ceiling in a high-rise residential building in Xiantao, Hubei Province, China
- Abstract
- 17.1 Free cooling from underground fire-fighting pool for the radiant ceiling in a high-rise residential building in Xiantao, Hubei Province, China
- References
- 18. Integrated air conditioner with thermosiphon for three telecom base stations in North, East and South China
- Abstract
- 18.1 Basic information
- 18.2 Objective and audience
- 18.3 Schematic diagram of the system
- 18.4 Design parameters and design scope
- 18.5 System capacity
- 18.6 Equipment forms
- 18.7 Designed operation modes
- 18.8 System applicability analysis
- 18.9 Results and deliverables
- 18.10 Learning and knowledge outcomes
- References
- 19. Summaries and perspectives
- Abstract
- 19.1 Summaries
- 19.2 Perspectives
- Nomenclature
- Appendix
- Index
- No. of pages: 408
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 5, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443135064
- eBook ISBN: 9780443135071
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Xianting Li
Full Professor, Head of Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University; President of E1 Commission (Air Conditioning), International Institute of Refrigeration; has been working in the field of air conditioning and built environment for more than 30 years, published over 180 international journal papers.
Affiliations and expertise
Tsinghua University, ChinaXX
Xinhua Xu
Full Professor, Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; has been working in the field of air conditioning and utilization of natural energy about 25 years, published over 80 international journal papers.
Affiliations and expertise
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, ChinaRead Air Conditioning with Natural Energy on ScienceDirect