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Charalampos Angelopoulos
Charalampos
Angelopoulos
Malcolm Cook
Malcolm
Cook
Yash Shukla
Yash
Shukla
Eftychia Spentzou
Eftychia
Spentzou
Rajan Rawal
Rajan
Rawal
Luciano Caruggi-De-Faria
Luciano
Caruggi-De-Faria
Dennis Loveday
Dennis
Loveday
Sanyogita Manu
Sanyogita
Manu
Deepta Mishra
Deepta
Mishra
Jayamin Patel
Jayamin
Patel
Assessing the impact of control algorithms in direct evaporative cooling systems in mixed-mode buildings
Loughborough University
2019
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2019-05-21 10:56:55
Conference contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/Assessing_the_impact_of_control_algorithms_in_direct_evaporative_cooling_systems_in_mixed-mode_buildings/9458936
Direct evaporative cooling (DEC) is one of the most commonly used cooling systems in many parts of the world with mainly hot and dry climatic conditions. Various simulation-based studies have been conducted to explore the potential of direct evaporative cooling in buildings. However, current dynamic thermal simulation tools use a simplified on/off control approach and do not allow modelling of situations where advanced algorithms are used in controlling DEC units. This paper couples EnergyPlus with Dymola® to simulate and assess the benefits of sophisticated control strategies for DEC units in mixed-mode buildings. This is a novel simulation approach for investigating control of DEC units in buildings that provides great flexibility for investigating
future advanced control algorithms. The simulated results suggested that using the proposed sophisticated control algorithms for DEC units it is possible to achieve energy savings up to 35% compared to the base-case scenario and achieve up to 92% comfort hours for Ahmedabad, India. Similar results were predicted for Gatwick, UK.