Abstract
By-passing part of the air flowing through the cold coil of a terminal reheat HVAC system can significantly reduce the cooling and heating thermal energy use of such systems under partial load conditions. An analysis of two variants of the elementary terminal reheat system based on this concept shows that such systems can, under proper by-pass control operation, outperform even the variable air volume system in terms of thermal energy use. Simulation results are used to illustrate how thermal energy use of different systems vary under to illustrate under part load conditions, i.e., with outdoor temperature variation. The extent to which annual heating and cooling energy can be conserved by adopting such system variants is also highlighted by means of a case study example. The results suggest that these simple system modifications can have enormous thermal energy saving potential, not only under partial load conditions during summer in temperate locations, but also year-round in tropical locations.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | ASME-JSES-JSME International Solar Energy Conference |
| Place of Publication | New York, NY, United States |
| Publisher | Publ by ASME |
| Pages | 475-482 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| State | Published - 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1994 ASME/JSME/JSES International Solar Energy Conference - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: Mar 27 1994 → Mar 30 1994 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1994 ASME/JSME/JSES International Solar Energy Conference |
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| City | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Period | 3/27/94 → 3/30/94 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)