Thermal Performance Analysis of a Solar Heating and Nocturnal Radiant Cooling System

Economic and thermal performance analysis is used to determine cost goals for typical commercial active solar cooling systems to be installed between the years 1986 and 2000. Market penetration for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems depends on payback period, which is related to the expected return on investment. Postulating a market share for solar cooling systems increasing to 20 percent by the year 2000, payback and return on investment goals as a function of year of purchase are established. The incremental solar system cost goals must be equal to or less than the 20-year percent value of future energy savings, based on thermal performance analysis, at the desired return on investment. The methodology is applied to determine the allowable incremental solar system cost for commercial-scale, 25-ton absorption cooling systems based on the thermal performance predicted by recent simulation analysis, Methods for achieving these cost goals and expected solar cooling system costs will be discussed.

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PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF PERSONALIZED RADIANT COOLING SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE

10.1615/ihmtc-2017.590 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chandra Sekhar Chinnapatnam ◽

Jyotirmay Mathur ◽

Mahabir Bhandari ◽

Prateek Srivastava ◽

Yasin Khan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Performance Analysis ◽

Thermal Energy ◽

Thermal Energy Storage ◽

Cooling System ◽

Radiant Cooling

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THERMAL PERFORMANCE TEST AND THERMAL ENVIRONMENT SURVEY OF CEILING RADIANT COOLING SYSTEM

AIJ Journal of Technology and Design ◽

10.3130/aijt.18.243 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 18 (38) ◽

pp. 243-248

Author(s):

Sei ITO ◽

Minoru KAWASHIMA ◽

Yoshito ARAI ◽

Michiya SUZUKI ◽

Koji MURAKAMI ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Thermal Performance ◽

Performance Test ◽

Thermal Environment ◽

Cooling System ◽

Radiant Cooling

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Dry and Wet-Peaking Tower Cooling Systems For Power Plant Application

Journal of Engineering for Power ◽

10.1115/1.3446174 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 98 (3) ◽

pp. 335-346

Author(s):

M. W. Larinoff ◽

L. L. Forster

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Performance Analysis ◽

Thermal Performance ◽

Heat Sink ◽

Cooling Tower ◽

Cooling System ◽

Water Requirements ◽

Surface Type ◽

Makeup Water ◽

Cooling Systems

A new concept of power plant heat-sink system is presented which employs the combination of a conventional wet-tower and a conventional dry-tower. The purpose of this cooling system is to reduce wet cooling-tower makeup-water requirements in water-short areas. The dry tower operates all year around while the wet-peaking tower is used only above certain ambient dry-bulb temperatures. The two cooling circuits serve separate sections of a conventional, surface-type, steam condenser. Thermal performance analysis is presented for various combinations of cooling systems ranging from 100 percent wet to 100 percent dry. Annual makeup-water requirements are calculated for various sizes of towers located in 18 selected cities of the U.S.A. ranging from north to south and east to west.

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