Thermally activated building systems (TABS): Energy efficiency as a function of control strategy, hydronic circuit topology and (cold) generation system

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 180-191

  Lehmann, B ^a   Dorer, V ^a   Gwerder, M ^b   Renggli, F ^b   Todtli J ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Building Technologies Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Concrete core conditioning; Energy efficiency of cold generation; HVAC control; Hydronic circuit topology; Pulse width modulation control, PWM; Thermally activated building systems, TABS

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CONTROL; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; COOLING TOWERS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEAT STORAGE; MODULATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; TIMING CIRCUITS; TOPOLOGY; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

BUILDING SYSTEMS; COLD GENERATION; CONCRETE CORE CONDITIONING; HVAC CONTROL; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CONTROL;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING; CONTROL SYSTEM; COOLING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; PIPE; POWER GENERATION; PUMP; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 77957325203     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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