An analysis of climatic influences on chiller plant electricity consumption

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 933-940

  Lam, Joseph C ^a   Wan, Kevin K W ^a   Cheung, K L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chiller plant electricity use; Clustering; Office buildings; Principal component analysis; Subtropical climates

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND;

AIR-CONDITIONED OFFICES; CLUSTERING; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; ELECTRICITY USE; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES; WET BULB TEMPERATURE;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 60549112393     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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