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Assessing the impact of control algorithms in direct evaporative cooling systems in mixed-mode buildings

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posted on 2019-05-21, 10:56 authored by Charalampos Angelopoulos, Malcolm CookMalcolm Cook, Yash Shukla, Eftychia SpentzouEftychia Spentzou, Rajan Rawal, Luciano Caruggi-De-Faria, Dennis Loveday, Sanyogita Manu, Deepta Mishra, Jayamin Patel
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.

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) via the London-Loughborough Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Demand (LoLo) (grant EP/L01517X/1) and via the research project Low Energy Cooling and Ventilation for Indian Residences (LECaVIR) (grant EP/P029450/1).

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School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Published in

Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA

Pages

916 - 923

Citation

ANGELOPOULOS, C. ... et al, 2019. Assessing the impact of control algorithms in direct evaporative cooling systems in mixed-mode buildings. IN: Corrado, V. ... et al (eds). Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA, Rome, Italy, 2nd-4th September 2019, pp.916-923.

Publisher

IBPSA

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Acceptance date

2019-05-09

Publication date

2020-04-01

ISBN

9781775052012

ISSN

2522-2708

Language

  • en

Editor(s)

V Corrado; E Fabrizio; A Gasparella; F Patuzzi

Location

Rome, Italy

Event dates

2nd September 2019 - 4th September 2019

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