Energy analysis of chilled water system configurations using simulation-based optimization

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-122

  Ali, Muzaffar ^a,b   Vukovic, Vladimir ^a   Sahir, Mukhtar Hussain ^b   Fontanella, Giuliano ^a  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chilled water systems; Dymola Modelica; Energy performance; HVAC system configurations; Modeling and simulation; Optimization

Indexed keywords

CHILLED WATER SYSTEMS; DYMOLA/MODELICA; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; HVAC SYSTEM CONFIGURATION; MODELING AND SIMULATION;

CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING TOWERS; COOLING WATER; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84873823767     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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