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dc.contributor.author | Gowreesunker, BL | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tassou, SA | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kolokotroni, M | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-24T08:28:11Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-24T08:28:11Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Building and Environment, 65: 132-145, Jul 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0360-1323 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132313001054 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7443 | - |
dc.description | This is the post-print version of the Article. The official published version can be accessed from the link below. Copyright @ 2013 Elsevier. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This paper reports on the energy performance evaluation of a displacement ventilation (DV) system in an airport departure hall, with a conventional DV diffuser and a diffuser retrofitted with a phase change material storage heat exchanger (PCM-HX). A TRNSYS-CFD quasi-dynamic coupled simulation method was employed for the analysis, whereby TRNSYS® simulates the HVAC and PID control system and ANSYS FLUENT® is used to simulate the airflow inside the airport terminal space. The PCM-HX is also simulated in CFD, and is integrated into the overall model as a secondary coupled component in the TRNSYS interface. Different night charging strategies of the PCM-HX were investigated and compared with the conventional DV diffuser. The results show that: i) the displacement ventilation system is more efficient for cooling than heating a space; ii) the addition of a PCM-HX system reduces the heating energy requirements during the intermediate and summer periods for specific night charging strategies, whereas winter heating energy remains unaffected; iii) the PCM-HX reduces cooling energy requirements, and; iv) maximum energy savings of 34% are possible with the deployment of PCM-HX retrofitted DV diffuser. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Grant No: EP/H004181/1. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.subject | CFD | en_US |
dc.subject | TRNSYS | en_US |
dc.subject | Phase Change Materials (PCM) | en_US |
dc.subject | Airport | en_US |
dc.subject | Displacement Ventilation | en_US |
dc.title | Coupled TRNSYS-CFD simulations evaluating the performance of PCM plate heat exchangers in an Airport Terminal building displacement conditioning system | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.04.003 | - |
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