Economical and environmental assessment of an optimized solar cooling system for a medium-sized benchmark office building in Los Angeles, California

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 648-658

  Hang, Yin ^a   Qu Ming, M ^a   Zhao, Fu ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of carbon footprint reduction; Economical and environmental assessment, benchmark building; Optimization; Single effect absorption chiller; Solar cooling

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHILLERS; ANNUAL COST; AUXILIARY HEATER; CALIFORNIA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COST AND BENEFITS; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EVACUATED TUBE SOLAR COLLECTOR; GAS-FIRED; HOT WATER STORAGE TANKS; LOS ANGELES; OPTIMAL SYSTEM DESIGN; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS; SINGLE-EFFECT ABSORPTION CHILLER; SOLAR COOLING; SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS; SOLAR FRACTION; STORAGE TANK; SYSTEM MODELING;

COOLING SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS ABSORPTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION; REFRIGERATORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

COST REDUCTION;

ABSORPTION; BENCHMARKING; BUILDING; CONTROL SYSTEM; COOLING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORAGE TANK;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957326334     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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