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Numerical study on performance of a hybrid indirect evaporative cooling heat recovery heat pump ventilator as applied in different climatic regions of China

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  • Wang, Jue
  • Lu, Jun
  • Li, Wuyan
  • Zeng, Cheng
  • Shi, Fenghao

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Indirect evaporative cooling (IEC) and heat recovery are key technologies for decarbonising heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) while their performance is affected by the ambient environment. This paper presents a numerical investigation of a recently developed hybrid ventilator integrating the IEC and heat recovery. A TRNSYS-Matlab model was used to evaluate the ventilator's adaptability (operational and energy performance) in a public building at five typical cities in China. According to the validated model analysis, the ventilator shows a superior adaptability to the temperate region, with the lowest annual energy use at 96.70 kWh/m2 and the minimum energy input of the auxiliary source at 39.29% of the total energy use. The hybrid ventilator's adaptability is followed by the hot summer cold winter region and cold region where the ventilator covers 85% of the total heating/cooling loads in transition seasons. The severe cold region and hot summer warm winter region requires a significant auxiliary energy use for the stable indoor air parameters, which consumes 70.64% and 60.1% of the annual energy use, respectively. Future works are to improve the performance of the IEC and heat pump unit in the two climatic regions for better adaptability of the ventilator.

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  • Wang, Jue & Lu, Jun & Li, Wuyan & Zeng, Cheng & Shi, Fenghao, 2022. "Numerical study on performance of a hybrid indirect evaporative cooling heat recovery heat pump ventilator as applied in different climatic regions of China," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 239(PE).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:239:y:2022:i:pe:s0360544221026803
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.122431
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