Life Cycle Energy Management

Development of HVAC system simulation tool for life cycle energy management- Part 2: development of component models for HVAC equipment

Submitted by on Thu, 06/19/2014 - 10:36

This paper describes the conversion of equipment characteristics into mathematical formulae, verification of the precision of said mathematical formula, and a concrete simulation tool. The main feature of this simulator is that operation of equipment is solved using temperature and flow, not calories. However, the characteristics of equipment are described using as simple a formula as possible. These formula are verified with actual values, and the simulator was confirmed to provide sufficient accuracy for energy management.

Development of HVAC system simulation tool for life cycle energy management- Part 1: outline of the developed simulation tool for life cycle energy management

Submitted by on Thu, 06/19/2014 - 10:34

The importance of LCEM (Life Cycle Energy Management) has been recognized from the view of life cycle energy saving of sustainable buildings. The purposes of this research are proposal of an LCEM framework and development of prototype HVAC system simulation tools for LCEM. In this paper, necessity of energy simulation tools for LCEM is discussed, and the outline and solution method of the simulation tool are shown.