Energetic, economic and environmental analysis of a health-care facility HVAC system equipped with a run-around membrane energy exchanger

Rasouli, Mohammad; Akbari, Soheil; Simonson, Carey J.; Besant, Robert W.

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.06.036

Cited by 27 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 14 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Besides the aforementioned alternative energy applications and sources, many technologies and sources have been studied in the relevant papers that some of them are phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFC) [67]- [69], run-around membrane energy exchanger (RAMEE) [70], hydrogen-based fuel cell [46].…”

Section: Alternative Energy Technologies/sources and Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Applications and Studies for Healthcare Facilities- A Systematic Review

Seçkiner¹,

Koc²

2020

Pamukkale J Eng Sci

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Healthcare facilities are one of the main buildings that have great energy consumption. This situation reveals the need for good energy planning and management based on the principles of energy efficiency as well as cost-effectiveness for these facilities. In this context, a literature review, between 2006 and 2018, on energy applications realized for healthcare facilities, such as energy planning, energy management, energy efficiency, selection of alternative energy technologies, using of different energy sources, energy renovation/refurbishment activities have been executed. A Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method was used, where research questions and searching stages were defined. This review study has been conducted on energy and healthcare relevant keywords in the Scopus database. After a thorough analysis of the papers retrieved from the Scopus database, a total of 176 primary articles has been categorized according to their relations with energy efficiency, energy planning, and energy management. In each category, major research issues, findings, and important aspects have been analyzed and reported. With this analyzing, developments in the existing literature have been put forth and potential areas for future research have been suggested. Findings pointed out that energy-related studies for healthcare facilities are between trending topics. For ensuring minimum cost and maximum utility for energy, the articles using the solution methods of operations research and engineering economics regarding alternative energy applications are especially popular. As a solution method for energy problems, Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) is widely used in 20 studies. On the other hand, cogeneration and trigeneration applications, which minimize energy costs and waste energy and are very suitable for large buildings, are the most frequently studied alternative energy applications with 83 articles.

show abstract

Section: Alternative Energy Technologies/sources and Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Applications and Studies for Healthcare Facilities- A Systematic Review

Seçkiner¹,

Koc²

2020

Pamukkale J Eng Sci

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Such a fast and non-iterative mathematical model can be used as a computational component in commercial building energy simulation packages to estimate the annual energy savings that are possible using a RAMEE [38]. Also the NN models can be used to find the optimum design or operating parameters (NTU and Cr ⁄ ) of RAMEE for various outdoor air conditions.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The optimized RAMEE saves the annual heating energy by 58-66% in cold climates, and the annual cooling energy by 10-18% in hot climates. The RAMEE can also downsize the heating system by 45% in cold climates, and the cooling system by 25% in hot climates [38].…”

Section: Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The optimal Cr ⁄ is case sensitive due to the coupled effect of heat and moisture transfer in the RAMEE, therefore Cr ⁄ can be changed to optimize annual energy transfer in different climates. Rasouli et al showed the optimal operation of RAMEE for an office building [37] and a health care facility [38] using optimized hourly Cr ⁄ values. In these studies, the steady-state neural network model developed by Akbari et al [21] was subjected to an optimization algorithm to predict the optimum sensible and latent effectivenesses in each hour of RAMEE operation that results in a maximum annual savings for a building.…”

Section: System Parametersmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Application of neural networks to predict the transient performance of a Run-Around Membrane Energy Exchanger for yearly non-stop operation

Akbari¹,

Simonson²,

Besant³

2012

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Other studies focused on the energy performance of a building using TRNSYS simulation software to calculate the payback period when an energy recovery system was implemented [8]. Additionally, another study were performed on a run-around membrane energy exchanger (RAMEE) using simulation computed programs for various climates to estimate the reduced annual energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions [9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and Experimental Validation of TRNSYS Simulation Model for Heat Wheel Operated in Air Handling Unit

Al-Hyari

Kassai

2020

Energies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Reducing energy usage to save the environment is one of the main goals for the future. The energy losses in ventilation have a huge impact on energy consumption in buildings. In this work, the energy performance of a heat recovery wheel system equipped in an air handling unit was tested year-round, and the results compared with the simulation output for the system using TRNSYS software. The selected conditioned space was the staff offices of an H&M fashion shop, located in Eger, Hungary. Temperature, relative humidity, and air velocity sensors were placed at the wheel inlet and outlet sections to record data and determine the annual energy saving. The results revealed a good agreement between the measured and simulated results.

show abstract

Energetic, economic and environmental analysis of a health-care facility HVAC system equipped with a run-around membrane energy exchanger

Cited by 27 publications

References 14 publications

Energy Applications and Studies for Healthcare Facilities- A Systematic Review

Energy Applications and Studies for Healthcare Facilities- A Systematic Review

Application of neural networks to predict the transient performance of a Run-Around Membrane Energy Exchanger for yearly non-stop operation

Development and Experimental Validation of TRNSYS Simulation Model for Heat Wheel Operated in Air Handling Unit

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About