In recent years, energy savings in air-conditioning (A/C) systems
has become one of the hot topics of applied energy towards innovative
management and efficient utilization of the operating systems. Achieving
thermal comfort with minimum energy consumption is the main concern for
innovative designing of an air conditioning system. The A/C system is one of
the chief contributors to energy consumption in warm and hot environments. An
innovative design of an A/C operating system is essential to satisfy a high thermal
performance and maintain the desired thermal comfort level. The aim of this
work is to introduce innovative design of an operating system to simulate and
experiment the thermal performance of A/C units for two identical houses
located in Dhahran area of Saudi Arabia. In this case, the thermal model for
both houses has been developed incorporating two different air-conditioning
operating systems. In the analysis, several physical properties and parameters,
such as climate conditions and heat gain/loss, have been taken into account
inside the house. Matlab/Simulink software is used to simulate the ON/OFF and
the VFD air conditioning controller systems. LabView platform with the data
acquisition is utilized for the experimental work to monitor the real time
climate and electrical power data.
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | March 14, 2019 |
Submission Date | November 23, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 |
IMPORTANT NOTE: JOURNAL SUBMISSION LINK http://eds.yildiz.edu.tr/journal-of-thermal-engineering