An entransy dissipation-based optimization principle for building central chilled water systems

Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 571-579

  Chen, Qun ^a   Xu, Yun Chao ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Building central chilled water system; Energy efficiency; Entransy dissipation; Heat capacity rate; Thermal conductance

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MIXING; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

AIR MIXING PROCESS; CHILLED WATER; CHILLED WATER SYSTEMS; ENTRANSY DISSIPATION; EQUATION GROUPS; EXTREMUM METHOD; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS; IN-BUILDINGS; IRREVERSIBLE HEAT; IRREVERSIBLE PROCESS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTIMIZATION EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION PRINCIPLE; THERMAL CONDUCTANCE;

COOLING WATER;

BUILDING; COOLING; DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84859956025     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.10.047     Document Type: Article

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