Using heat-pipe heat exchangers for reducing high energy costs of treating ventilation air

Author

Mathur, G.D.

Author_Institution

HVAC Syst., Zexel USA Corp., Decatur, IL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

11-16 Aug 1996

Firstpage

1447

Abstract

In this paper, the author has investigated the impact that a heat-pipe heat exchanger (HPHE) has on the energy consumption (kWh) and the peak demand (kW) of an existing air conditioning system. A detailed performance investigation has been carried out by using the climate conditions for St. Louis, Missouri for year round operation of the HVAC system with HPHE. During the summer season, analysis has been conducted without and with indirect evaporative cooling. Economic analysis reveals that a simple retrofit on an existing air-conditioning system can pay for itself in less than a year. Based on this investigation it is recommended that this technology be used by the electric utilities for reducing the peak demand and energy consumption

Keywords

air conditioning; cooling; economics; heat exchangers; heat pipes; power consumption; Missouri; St. Louis; air conditioning system; economic analysis; energy consumption reduction; heat-pipe heat exchangers; high energy costs reduction; indirect evaporative cooling; peak demand reduction; summer season; Air conditioning; Coils; Cooling; Costs; Energy consumption; Heat engines; Heat recovery; Heat transfer; Temperature; Ventilation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1996. IECEC 96., Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

1089-3547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3547-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1996.553938

Filename

553938