Potential Investigation of Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilators for the Management of Building Air-Conditioning Loads
The present study provides insights into the energy-saving potential of a membrane energy recovery ventilator (ERV) for the management of building air-conditioning loads. This study explores direct (DEC), Maisotsenko cycle (MEC) evaporative cooling, and vapor compression (VAC) systems with ERV. Ther...
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| author | Hadeed Ashraf Muhammad Sultan Uzair Sajjad Muhammad Wakil Shahzad Muhammad Farooq Sobhy M. Ibrahim Muhammad Usman Khan Muhammad Ahmad Jamil |
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| description | The present study provides insights into the energy-saving potential of a membrane energy recovery ventilator (ERV) for the management of building air-conditioning loads. This study explores direct (DEC), Maisotsenko cycle (MEC) evaporative cooling, and vapor compression (VAC) systems with ERV. Therefore, this study aims to explore possible air-conditioning options in terms of temperature, relative humidity, human thermal comfort, wet bulb effectiveness, energy saving potential, and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Eight different combinations of the above-mentioned systems are proposed in this study i.e., DEC, MEC, VAC, MEC-VAC, and their possible combinations with and without ERVs. A building was modeled in DesignBuilder and simulated in EnergyPlus. The MEC-VAC system with ERV achieved the highest temperature gradient, wet bulb effectiveness, energy-saving potential, optimum relative humidity, and relatively lower CO<sub>2</sub> emissions i.e., 19.7 °C, 2.2, 49%, 48%, and 499.2 kgCO<sub>2</sub>/kWh, respectively. Thus, this study concludes the hybrid MEC-VAC system with ERV the optimum system for the management of building air-conditioning loads. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e795957252884e079527e725b3d6c9a42023-11-24T01:05:06ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-03-01156213910.3390/en15062139Potential Investigation of Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilators for the Management of Building Air-Conditioning LoadsHadeed Ashraf0Muhammad Sultan1Uzair Sajjad2Muhammad Wakil Shahzad3Muhammad Farooq4Sobhy M. Ibrahim5Muhammad Usman Khan6Muhammad Ahmad Jamil7Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, PakistanDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, PakistanDepartment of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UKDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 39161, PakistanDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, PakistanDepartment of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UKThe present study provides insights into the energy-saving potential of a membrane energy recovery ventilator (ERV) for the management of building air-conditioning loads. This study explores direct (DEC), Maisotsenko cycle (MEC) evaporative cooling, and vapor compression (VAC) systems with ERV. Therefore, this study aims to explore possible air-conditioning options in terms of temperature, relative humidity, human thermal comfort, wet bulb effectiveness, energy saving potential, and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Eight different combinations of the above-mentioned systems are proposed in this study i.e., DEC, MEC, VAC, MEC-VAC, and their possible combinations with and without ERVs. A building was modeled in DesignBuilder and simulated in EnergyPlus. The MEC-VAC system with ERV achieved the highest temperature gradient, wet bulb effectiveness, energy-saving potential, optimum relative humidity, and relatively lower CO<sub>2</sub> emissions i.e., 19.7 °C, 2.2, 49%, 48%, and 499.2 kgCO<sub>2</sub>/kWh, respectively. Thus, this study concludes the hybrid MEC-VAC system with ERV the optimum system for the management of building air-conditioning loads.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/6/2139membrane energy recovery ventilatorenergy recovery potentialMaisotsenko cycle evaporative coolingbuilding air-conditioninghuman thermal comfortPakistan |
| spellingShingle | Hadeed Ashraf Muhammad Sultan Uzair Sajjad Muhammad Wakil Shahzad Muhammad Farooq Sobhy M. Ibrahim Muhammad Usman Khan Muhammad Ahmad Jamil Potential Investigation of Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilators for the Management of Building Air-Conditioning Loads Energies membrane energy recovery ventilator energy recovery potential Maisotsenko cycle evaporative cooling building air-conditioning human thermal comfort Pakistan |
| title | Potential Investigation of Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilators for the Management of Building Air-Conditioning Loads |
| title_full | Potential Investigation of Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilators for the Management of Building Air-Conditioning Loads |
| title_fullStr | Potential Investigation of Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilators for the Management of Building Air-Conditioning Loads |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potential Investigation of Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilators for the Management of Building Air-Conditioning Loads |
| title_short | Potential Investigation of Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilators for the Management of Building Air-Conditioning Loads |
| title_sort | potential investigation of membrane energy recovery ventilators for the management of building air conditioning loads |
| topic | membrane energy recovery ventilator energy recovery potential Maisotsenko cycle evaporative cooling building air-conditioning human thermal comfort Pakistan |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/6/2139 |
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