| Title: |
Potential Investigation of Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilators for the Management of Building Air-Conditioning Loads |
| Authors: |
Ashraf, Hadeed; Sultan, Muhammad; Sajjad, Uzair; Shahzad, Muhammad Wakil; Farooq, Muhammad; Ibrahim, Sobhy M.; Khan, Muhammad Usman; Ahmad Jamil, Muhammad |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
Northumbria University, Newcastle: Northumbria Research Link (NRL) |
| Subject Terms: |
H800 Chemical; Process and Energy Engineering |
| 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 CO2 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 CO2 emissions i.e., 19.7 °C, 2.2, 49%, 48%, and 499.2 kgCO2/kWh, respectively. Thus, this study concludes the hybrid MEC-VAC system with ERV the optimum system for the management of building air-conditioning loads. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1996-1073 |
| Relation: |
https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48677/1/energies-15-02139.pdf; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48677/9/energies-1576725%20-%20R3.pdf; Ashraf, Hadeed, Sultan, Muhammad, Sajjad, Uzair, Shahzad, Muhammad Wakil, Farooq, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Sobhy M., Khan, Muhammad Usman and Ahmad Jamil, Muhammad (2022) Potential Investigation of Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilators for the Management of Building Air-Conditioning Loads. Energies, 15 (6). p. 2139. ISSN 1996-1073 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/en15062139 |
| Availability: |
https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48677/; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15062139 |
| Rights: |
cc_by_4_0 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.D66AF3F3 |
| Database: |
BASE |