Experimental validation of a thermodynamic boiler model under steady state and dynamic conditions

Applied Energy

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 505-516

  Carlon, Elisa ^a,b   Verma, Vijay Kumar ^a   Schwarz, Markus ^a   Golicza, Laszlo ^a   Prada, Alessandro ^b   Baratieri, Marco ^b   Haslinger, Walter ^a   Schmidl, Christoph ^a  

^a BIOENERGY 2020 GMBH   (Austria)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building energy simulation; Dynamic test method; HVAC boiler model; Model validation; Pellet boiler

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC MODELS; HEAT TRANSFER; PELLETIZING; SPECIFIC HEAT;

BOILER MODELING; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; DYNAMIC TEST METHODS; MODEL VALIDATION; PELLET BOILER;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84912049779     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.10.031     Document Type: Article

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