Jia, L;
Liu, J;
Wei, S;
(2021)
Optimal chiller loading in dual-temperature chilled water plants for energy saving.
Energy and Buildings
, 252
, Article 111425. 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111425.
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Abstract
Buildings account for almost 40% of global energy consumption. Due to the high energy consumption of chilled water plants, various studies have optimized chiller loading in plants with multiple chillers for energy conservation. However, few studies have optimized dual-temperature chiller plants, even though better energy efficiency could be achieved than that of typical single-temperature chiller plants. This paper proposes two optimal control strategies for dual-temperature chilled water plants, strategy B and strategy C. Strategy B optimizes the cooling load distribution of the chillers in each group by adjusting the cooling load ratio of each chiller. Under this strategy, the energy consumption of the chiller plant for the entire cooling season was reduced by 10.1%. Meanwhile, strategy C optimizes the cooling load distribution among chillers in the same chiller group and between two chiller groups, by simultaneously adjusting the temperature setpoint of the air leaving the primary cooling coils and the partial load ratio of each chiller. By considering both the impact of the chilled water loop and the air handling process, strategy C achieved greater energy saving (16.4%) for the entire cooling season. In hot summer months, the energy savings arise mainly from optimization of the cooling load distribution among chillers in each chiller group, as this optimization accounts for 63–68% of the total savings. In moderate months, optimizing the cooling load distribution among chillers in the same group and optimizing the distribution between two chiller groups account for nearly the same proportion of the total energy savings.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Optimal chiller loading in dual-temperature chilled water plants for energy saving |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111425 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111425 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Building energy, Dual-temperature chilled water plant, Optimal control, Optimal chiller loading |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10135128 |
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